{"product_id":"so-young-9781350525351","title":"So Young","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of a Fringe First Award 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Popcorn Writing Award 2024\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook, there are two ways to go. Do you freeze in place, looking backwards all the time... or do you move on?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummer 2021. Lockdown is over. Just. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree months ago Milo lost his wife to Covid. She was only forty five. So young. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTonight he has invited his two oldest pals, Davie and Liane, to come round and drink some wine, listen to some tunes and reminisce about the olden days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd there's something else... He wants them to meet the new love of his life. Her name is Greta. They met online. And she's twenty years old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the celebrated writer of \u003ci\u003eDecky Does \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ea Bronco\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Can Go Anywhere\u003c\/i\u003e, Douglas Maxwell's \u003ci\u003eSo Young\u003c\/i\u003e sees an innocuous evening slide towards ruin as old friends face the challenges of middle age... the pull of the past... and the promise of the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the TravFest24 run at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre in August 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Maxwell\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most popular and produced playwrights in Scotland. His other plays include \u003ci\u003eOur Bad Magnet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf Destroyed True\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePromises Promises\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Miracle Man\u003c\/i\u003e. His Plays for Young People include \u003ci\u003eDecky Does A Bronco\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHelmet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMancub\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mother Ship\u003c\/i\u003e. All are published by Oberon Books, now Methuen Drama.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260041134354,"sku":"9781350525351","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5f1e064-7302-4ce4-9e38-af26cbca6729.jpg?v=1746635580","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/so-young-9781350525351","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}