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Dark Sublime (NHB Modern Plays) - cover

Dark Sublime (NHB Modern Plays)

Michael Dennis

Publisher: Nick Hern Books

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Summary

Oli arrives at the door of Marianne, a now-forgotten sci-fi TV icon, impatient to make an impression, to make a friend. Marianne, a jobbing actress, knows about waiting – for the phone to ring, for her best friend to see her differently, for her turn at something more substantial than a half-remembered role on a cult TV show. He wants an autograph; she doesn't want anything from him – or so she thinks. Yet as they start to explore each other's worlds, they begin to discover what every good relationship needs: time and space.
Exploring the complexities of relationships, especially in the LGBTQ community, and the contrast in lived experiences across generations, Michael Dennis has crafted a story that is as much about joy and heartbreak as it is about quarries and transmat beams.
Dark Sublime is a love-letter to British sci-fi television – those that make it and those that adore it.
It premiered at the Trafalgar Studios in June 2019.
Available since: 06/27/2016.
Print length: 96 pages.

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