{"product_id":"forgotten-in-the-land-of-egypt-9781350522480","title":"Forgotten in the Land of Egypt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI look at these fields and I try to imagine what they were: crop fields, maybe. Or fields of sheep. And these... power lines. I try to imagine that they lead somewhere - but they never do. Only under.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1631, The Fens, the flat area of land stretching from Cambridge to Norwich, were drained. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2050, The Fens return to the sea. Two children play in the waterscape. They tell tales of a mythic Waterman, who scours the water for sunken parts. But, in the bitter struggle for survival, soon play adopts a more sinister note. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile in Ely, 2023, a priest gets a visit from a woman haunted by prophetic dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom Murray's \u003ci\u003eForgotten In The Land Of Egypt \u003c\/i\u003eis a play about grief, faith, and the climate crisis; the crashing confluence of past and present; the refusal to heed the warnings we're given. It's a play about loneliness and the longing for human connection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere UK tour starting in September 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Murray \u003c\/b\u003eis a playwright and dramaturg. He graduated from Durham University in 2021 with a degree in History before doing an MA in Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance at Goldsmiths in 2022. He was named the Peter Shaffer Playwright in Residence at Trinity College, Cambridge in 2023. His play \u003ci\u003eNorth Star\u003c\/i\u003e was the winning script for the RSC 37 Plays competition in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50913826177298,"sku":"9781350522480","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52b85aa5-8d65-4b25-aa1d-6a4dd28ad7a3.jpg?v=1738798540","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/forgotten-in-the-land-of-egypt-9781350522480","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}