Wyoming 1963: a wild landscape where people live in extreme rural poverty in tight, insular and conservative communities. When Ennis and Jack take jobs on the isolated Brokeback Mountain, all their certainties of life change forever as they flounder in unexpected emotional waters of increasing depth. Brokeback Mountain is an intense tale of an irresistible and hidden love spanning twenty years and its tragic consequences.This new play with music, based on Annie Proulx's short story, is written by Ashley Robinson with original songs by Dan Gillespie Sells (of rock group The Feeling). It is premiered in the West End's @sohoplace in May 2023.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Annie Proulx
EAN: 9781839042485
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Nick Hern Books
DATE PUBLISHED: 2023-05-25
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GENRE: DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Book Themes:
Plays, playscripts, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards)
Annie Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. Her works include Postcards (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction) and The Shipping News (winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction). Her short story 'Brokeback Mountain' has been adapted into a feature film, and into a stage version premiered in the West End. Ashley Robinson is a Brooklyn-based writer and actor. As a writer, he adapted Annie Proulx's story 'Brokeback Mountain' with Dan Gillespie Sells (West End, 2023). Dan Gillespie Sells is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the rock group The Feeling. For the stage, he adapted Annie Proulx's story 'Brokeback Mountain' with Ashley Robinson (West End, 2023).
