Lung Water

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You only ever cared for her. Ever. And I loved her too. I loved her so fucking much. But I wanted to cause you pain. I really wanted to cause you so much pain that youd never be able to breathe again. After the death of a baby on her ward, Lizzy is facing professional repercussions surrounding her duty of care. As she seeks solace in her family home, old tensions rise to the surface as her mum Carol denies her the comfort she requires. A suicide letter from her dead father resurfaces and Lizzys world continues to crumble around her as childhood blame for the death of her sister aligns with the guilt she is made to feel about her professional misconduct. This taut two-hander is published in Methuen Dramas Lost Plays series, celebrating new plays that had productions postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the global shutdown of theatre spaces.

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Jacob Hodgkinson is a graduate of the 2013 Royal Court Young Writers Programme and the 2016/18 New Welsh Playwrights Programmes at the Sherman Theatre. Jacobs play BETWEEN ETERNITY AND TIME was produced at the RWCMD and the Gate Theatre, London, as part the RWCMDs NEW:2019 season. His other works have received rehearsed readings at the Sherman Theatre and Theatre503 and have been shortlisted for BBC Writersroom Scriptroom 8 and the 2016 Wales Drama Award, and longlisted for BBC Script Room Drama 2019, the 2017 Bruntwood Prize and the 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize. Jacob is the Associate Playwright at Chippy Lane Productions, for whom he is currently under commission to write his new play, LUNG WATER.