Bøker av Anthony Neilson

Life's full of clatter, but none of it matters, only who'll hold your paw when you die.What would you do if you lost an hour from your day? How far would you go to rescue what you've lost?In search of a lost hour that has tipped the balance of her life, Lisa Jones is on a quest through a surreal world, filled with insecurity guards, flying cars, singing polar bears and wild-goose chases. The inhabitants of Dissocia are a curious blend of the funny, the friendly and the downright brutal.Anthony Neilson's cult play is a poignant and comical delve into the nature of mental illness. This edition was published to coincide with the major London revival at Theatre Royal Stratford East in September 2022.

A second collection of plays by Scottish writer Neilson that showcases the more surreal and comic side of his recent work.

A two-play edition featuring Anthony Neilson's companion plays, The Wonderful World of Dissocia and Realism, both produced by the National Theatre of Scotland. The text is published to coincide with the National Theatre of Scotland's extensive tour of Dissocia from February til June 2007.

Constables Blunt and Gobbel have one last duty to fulfil before they can finish their Christmas Eve shift: to tell the old couple at number 58 some terrible news. But what if the shock is too much for them? Maybe they'd be happier not knowing. And maybe they shouldn't be involved in a lynching.

"This is a profound and tragic vision of humanity at its bare, forked basics" (Patrick Marmion, Evening Standard)

This collection of Anthony Neilson's plays contains: "Normal"; "Penetrator"; "Year of the Family"; "The Night Before Christmas"; and "The Censor".

In the light of a pregnancy, a faithless couple pick apart their relationship, stitch by painful stitch. Can it be mended? This dark and intimate play is a love story set at the extremes of brutality, banality and tenderness.