Landscape with Weapon

Presented at the Cottesloe auditorium of the National Theatre from 29 March 2007 Joe Penhall's previous work for the National Theatre, Blue/Orange, was a triumphant critical and popular success, winning the Olivier Award for Best Play (2001), the Evening Standard Award Best Play (2000), and the Critics Circle Award Best Play (2000) Penhall wrote the screenplay for Enduring Love the feature film for Film Four, based on the novel by Ian McEwan (2004): it was nominated for the Evening Standard Award for Best Screenplay and the National Critics Award for Best Screenplay There will be a Platform event at the National Theatre on 15 May at which the author will talk about the play and sign copies of the book

Landscape with Weapon was presented at the National Theatre in March 2007 and provides a devastating exploration of the moral conflict and issues of public responsibility arising from the creation of a new military technology."'Qualms?' Oh yeah, sure, I have 'qualms'. Everybody has qualms. But I'll overcome them." To his family's horror, Ned reveals he's the brains behind a new military technology so sophisticated, so extraordinary, it will revolutionise the nature of warfare. It's only when the Ministry of Defence demands intellectual ownership that Ned begins to question himself, resisting the might of the weapons industry with frightening consequences. Landscape with Weapon is a wry account of private anguish, public responsibility and a problem with no solution. The play premiered at the National Theatre on 20 March 2007. Joe Penhall's previous work for the National Theatre, Blue/Orange, was the winner of the Olivier Awards Best Play (2001), the Evening Standard Award Best Play (2000), and the Critics Circle Award Best Play (2000).