Billy Wonderful
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Billy Wonderful
By (Author) Nick Leather
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
20th February 2009
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
822.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
96
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 6mm
Description
A programme text edition published to coincide with the world premiere at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, on 12 March 2009.
Billy is in the squad and it's wonderful. He's down the wing and he's flying. He doesn't believe in much, but he believes in this ... in football. As the Blues and the Reds come out to play, it's D-Day for Billy ... Derby Day.
But in the scramble for success, can Billy keep his head or will he fall foul of fame and fortune
Nick Leather, one of the North West's most prominent young playwrights, brings us a fast-paced coming of age story pulsing with all the excitement and physicality of Match Day.
Reviews
'Leather's fast-moving play is a timely modern parable about what happens when teenagers are handed thousands of pounds a week, only to end up on the heap of expensively squandered talent Sporting dramas often go wide of the mark, but when Leather shoots, he scores.' Alfred Hickling, Guardian, 20.3.09
Author Bio
Nick Leather's previous work includes All the Ordinary Angels, which premiered at the Royal Exchange, Manchester and won the Pearson Award.
