{"product_id":"the-evil-doers","title":"The Evil Doers","description":"\u003c!-- Hook --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exploration of morality, justice, and what makes us human.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Tagline --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssential for audiences seeking moral complexity.\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\u003eTracky is a teenage heavy metal fan with life issues. Her mother's an alcoholic. Her father's a taxi driver with delusions of becoming a tour guide. Now they're being pursued by a loanshark. None of this is going to end well...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Hannan's play \u003cem\u003eThe Evil Doers\u003c\/em\u003e is a chaotic, violent, comic odyssey through the dismal streets of 1980s Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An alcoholic is not someone who drinks too much; an alcoholic is an emotional whirlwind, a destructive force which tears up everything in his or her path, and then passes, disappears, utterly unaware of the devastation caused. \u003cem\u003eThe Evil Doers\u003c\/em\u003e is about the whirlwind and those in its path.' Chris Hannan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst produced at the Bush Theatre, London, in August 1990, \u003cem\u003eThe Evil Doers\u003c\/em\u003e won a Time Out Award, a Plays and Players' Critics Award, and that year's Charrington London Fringe Award for Best Play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Uproariously funny... Hannan has a sharp eye for flaky characterisation and a wonderful ear for quirky vernacular dialogue, a sawn-off language of violent verbal collisions, like a pile-up on the motorway... We never quite stop laughing but it becomes increasingly painful to do so, and I suspect that no-one will be able to watch the bruising final scene without physically flinching.' \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A gorgeously enjoyable play. As in the comedies of Ben Jonson and Middleton, the hunt for money gives the play its structure. Like Jonson and Middleton also, Hannan owns a penetrating eye for tricks of character and an equally sharp ear... A world of uncertain egos where the characters bounce off each other like bumper cars, powered by sources beyond their control.' \u003cstrong\u003eThe Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A vicious and idiosyncratic Glaswegian city comedy.' \u003cstrong\u003eObserver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The verve, the iconoclastic humour is tremendous, each character brilliantly personalised.' \u003cstrong\u003eHerald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Extraordinary free-ranging vitality.' \u003cstrong\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'No plot description can explain the beauty, warmth and poetic energy of Chris Hannan's \u003cem\u003eThe Evil Doers\u003c\/em\u003e. In its generosity of attention, its expansiveness and richness, in the scale of its emotional intensities, it is as broad as a city itself. It is a modern masterpiece.' \u003cstrong\u003eEncore Theatre Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Why You'll Love This Ebook --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy You'll Love This Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChallenging examination of ethics and human nature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions about culpability and redemption.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by Nick Hern Books, leading contemporary theatre publisher.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheatre that confronts uncomfortable questions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- About the Author --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Hannan is a playwright and novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis plays include \u003cem\u003eElizabeth Gordon Quinn\u003c\/em\u003e (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1985; revived by the National Theatre of Scotland in its inaugural season in 2006); \u003cem\u003eThe Evil Doers\u003c\/em\u003e (Bush Theatre, London, 1990; Time Out Award and Charrington London Fringe Best New Play Award); \u003cem\u003eShining Souls \u003c\/em\u003e(Traverse, 1996, revived by the Old Vic in 1997; winner of a Scotland on Sunday Critics Award and a Lloyds Bank Playwright of the Year nomination); \u003cem\u003eThe God of Soho\u003c\/em\u003e (Shakespeare's Globe, 2011); \u003cem\u003eThe Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain\u003c\/em\u003e (Traverse, English Touring Theatre, Coventry Belgrade, 2011) and \u003cem\u003eWhat Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e (Birmingham Rep, 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as original plays, Hannan has adapted \u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e (Glasgow Citizens' Theatre\/Liverpool Playhouse\/Lyceum Edinburgh, 2013) and \u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e (Lyceum Edinburgh, 2016); and also made new versions of Ibsen's\u003cem\u003e The Pretenders\u003c\/em\u003e (RSC, 1991), Gogol's \u003cem\u003eGamblers\u003c\/em\u003e (Tricycle 1992), and \u003cem\u003eStars in the Morning Sky\u003c\/em\u003e (Coventry Belgrade, 2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis 2008 novel \u003cem\u003eMissy\u003c\/em\u003e was awarded the McKitterick Prize for a debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Publication Details --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nick Hern Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 08 June 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70 pages (Ebook edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (Ebook):\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781780018409\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- FAQ --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow do I access my ebook?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\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 and log in using the same email you used at checkout. 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