{"product_id":"cockroach","title":"Cockroach","description":"\u003c!-- Hook --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA darkly comic examination of power, ambition, and corporate culture. Co-produced at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, with the National Theatre of Scotland in 2008.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Tagline --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor audiences interested in satirical social commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Access Your Content --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 16px; border-radius: 6px; background: #f9f9f9; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eAccess Your Content in Seconds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete your purchase on our store.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (free).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLog in using the same email from checkout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour ebook will appear instantly in your library.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"\u003eAll content is securely delivered through our app and not offered as a Shopify download.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- About the Ebook --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dark and compelling vision of a world infected by violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA seemingly normal detention in a seemingly normal modern-day comprehensive school. 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It's thrilling and disturbing in equal measure' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVicky Featherstone, Director of the National Theatre of Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Hauntingly powerful... a playwright brave enough to do battle with the big ideas' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- About the Author --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSam Holcroft is a playwright, winner of the Windham Campbell Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer plays include: \u003cem\u003eA Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e (Almeida Theatre, London, 2023; West End, 2024); \u003cem\u003eRules for Living\u003c\/em\u003e (National Theatre, London, 2015); \u003cem\u003eThe Wardrobe\u003c\/em\u003e for National Theatre Connections; \u003cem\u003eEdgar \u0026amp; Annabel\u003c\/em\u003e, part of the \u003cem\u003eDouble Feature\u003c\/em\u003e season in the Paintframe at the National Theatre; \u003cem\u003eDancing Bears\u003c\/em\u003e, part of the \u003cem\u003eCharged\u003c\/em\u003e season for Clean Break at Soho Theatre and Latitude Festival; \u003cem\u003eWhile You Lie\u003c\/em\u003e at the Traverse, Edinburgh; \u003cem\u003ePink\u003c\/em\u003e, part of the \u003cem\u003eWomen, Power and Politics\u003c\/em\u003e season at the Tricycle; \u003cem\u003eVanya\u003c\/em\u003e, adapted from Chekhov, at The Gate; and \u003cem\u003eCockroach\u003c\/em\u003e, co-produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and Traverse (nominated for Best New Play 2008, by the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland and shortlisted for the John Whiting Award, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2013, she wrote\u003cem\u003e The House Taken Over\u003c\/em\u003e, a libretto for opera, adapted from Cortázar, for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Académie Européenne de Musique. She received the Tom Erhardt Award in 2009, was the Pearson Writer-in-Residence at the Traverse Theatre, 2009–10, and the Writer-in-Residence at the National Theatre Studio from 2013–14. 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