Rose (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Terrific... a contemporary fairytale whose psycological surety will leave you in pieces." 4 stars **** Guardian (on PIECES) "Spine-tingling... exquisitely nuanced... gripping... funny, beautifully paced." Stage (on PIECES)

Reunited under the most unfortunate of circumstances after many years apart, Rose and her father try to piece together the fragmented memories of their troubled relationship. Her attempts to uncover the secrets of her father's past in order to find out who she is and where she is from meet only resistance from a man reluctant to reveal himself and fixated on bringing up his beloved daughter the 'English' way. 'Rose' is a heartbreaking study of Englishness, heritage, grief, family and how the ghosts of the past can poison the present. World premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011.