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Subject(s)

• Death [Browse]
• Modern drama—surrealist [Browse]

Related name

• Koreeda, Hirokazu, 1962- [Browse]

Series

NHB Modern Plays [More in this series]

Summary note

If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be? A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live - and to die. Written by Jack Thorne from a concept by Bunny Christie, Jeremy Herrin and Thorne, After Life was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in June 2021. It was directed by Herrin, in a co-production with Headlong, by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

Contents

• Intro
• Title page
• Contents
• Original Production Details
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• After Life
• Act One
• Act Two
• Act Three
• About the Author
• Copyright and Performing Rights Information.

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ISBN

• 1-78460-684-7
• 1-78850-391-0

OCLC

1285166817

Doi

• 10.5040/9781784606848.00000002

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