Caustic Comedies
(
02/09/2010)
Before Robert Shearman wrote for
Doctor Who – or wrote books of award-winning short stories – he was best known for his comedies for the stage. His plays trod a fine line between domestic farce and bizarre absurdism, showcasing the lives of ordinary flawed people thrown into impossible and fantastical situations.
Big Finish is proud to present
Caustic Comedies, a selection from his best known work: from the macabre
Easy Laughter, winner of the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, to his sci fi comedy
Binary Dreamers, winner of a Royal National Theatre prize and
Fool to Yourself, directed by Alan Ayckbourn. By turns all seven plays are odd, disturbing, heartbreaking, and very, very funny.
Available in
paperback,
hardback – or as a
special collector's edition. (This beautifully bound A4-sized edition is part of a limited run of 300 signed copies). Each play has a preface written by Rob and boasts a specially commissioned full-page illustration. Plus original cast photos and reproductions of posters from the stage productions throughout.
Caustic Comedies is available for pre-order now.