TOBACCOLAND
By (Author) Alex Finlayson
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
20th April 1999
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
822.914
Paperback
94
Width 130mm, Height 210mm
Commissioned by the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre for a major production in April 1999, Tobaccoland is the story of a 70-year-old tobacco farmers loss of faith in himself and his way of life.
Alex Finlayson is one of America's most original and distinctive contemporary playwrights. Her plays include, 'Misfits', 'World of Beauty', 'Last Piece of Flat Land', 'Love and Adultery', 'The Bad Doctor' and 'Ladies' Side' (Helen Hayes Award nominee for Best New Play, Washington DC). 'Winding the Ball' won the Mobil Playwrighting Competition in 1988. It was premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, as were 'Misfits' and 'Tobaccoland'.