The Long Road (Modern Plays)

By: Shelagh Stephenson

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Synopsis: After a sell-out run earlier this year, this topical and powerful play returns to Soho Theatre.A programme text edition published in conjunction with The SynergyTheatre Project in association with The Forgiveness Project and SohoTheatre, The Long Road runs from 10 - 29 November 2008.'Mary wants us to talk about the girl that killed our son. I want to wipe her off the face of the earth'In the aftermath of Danny's pointless murder, his family struggles to find meaning and forgiveness.The Long Road evolved out of a period of research withprisoners by Synergy Theatre Project, in collaboration with TheForgiveness Project and award-winning playwright Shelagh Stephenson. Synergy Theatre Project works through theatre withoffenders and ex-offenders towards resettlement and rehabilitationwhilst placing the wider issues surrounding imprisonment in the publicarena. The Forgiveness Project encourages and empowers people to explore the nature of forgiveness and alternatives to revenge. 'It is a rare play that hits the news with such crueltopicality . . . Stephenson offers a powerful, illuminating piece ofdramatic fiction' Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard'Rare and remarkable . . . this is a drama that cries out for attention - and richly rewards it' The Telegraph