The War of the Worlds
Isley Lynn author Rhum + Clay author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:3rd Jun '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A dazzling new play about "fake news" from up-and-coming playwright Isley Lynn, inspired by H.G. Wells’ sci-fi novel and Orson Welles’ classic radio play.
No-one would have believed in the early years of the twentieth century that this world was being watched...
There is nothing more alluring than a good story. When Orson Welles adapted The War of the Worlds, he wanted to create a thrilling radio drama that would ‘feel’ real. In fact, it felt so real that it caused hysteria amongst a public just getting used to the outside world invading their living rooms via the radio. Fast forward to 2016, and the internet has replaced the radio as the medium through which we make sense of the world. We remain just as susceptible …
Inspired by H.G. Wells’ sci-fi novel and Orson Welles’ classic radio play, this legendary science fiction thriller is playfully reimagined as a play by Isley Lynn for our era of Fake News and ‘alternative facts’.
There aren’t many writers who conjure stories the way Isley Lynn can. Her innate instinct for achingly human characters in situations rarely – if ever – seen on stage sets her well apart from most young playwrights. These intimate stories leave a huge impact when set on stage, their echoes long reverberating with her audiences. -- Laura Kressly * The Play's The Thing *
ISBN: 9781350269934
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 88g
96 pages