A Very Expensive Poison
Luke Harding author Lucy Prebble editor Luckstar Enterprises editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:4th Dec '19
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
An explosive, inventive play about the radioactive murder of ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006
A shocking assassination in the heart of London. In a bizarre mix of high-stakes global politics and radioactive villainy, a man pays with his life.
At this time of global crises and a looming new Cold War, A Very Expensive Poison sends us careering through the shadowy world of international espionage from Moscow to Mayfair.
Lucy Prebble (Enron, The Effect) brings a shocking story to the stage, adapted from the book by Luke Harding, with an astute mix of real events, vaudeville and thriller.
This edition was published to coincide with the World Premiere at the Old Vic Theatre, London, in 2019.
A playwright blessed with an exceptionally fine mind * Telegraph *
Truly theatrical. Swivels brilliantly between tragedy and farce * Observer *
A surprising, theatrical, watchable night ends with a whack of seriousness. * Sunday Times *
Funny and frequently exhilarating piece of theatre. * Time Out *
A brilliantly bold and ferociously intelligent drama about our slippery times. * Financial Times *
As tender as it is clever, as incensed as it is inventive. It’s a wonderful one-off. * The Times *
ISBN: 9781350152755
Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 8mm
Weight: 117g
128 pages