{"product_id":"what-shadows","title":"What Shadows","description":"\u003c!-- Hook --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA poetic exploration of secrets, memory, and hidden lives.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Tagline --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for audiences drawn to lyrical, introspective drama.\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\u003e\u003cem\u003e 'I was a storm. I was also a man entirely alone in a storm. There were forces beyond my control and I was one of them.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1968. Midlands MP Enoch Powell has something to say. Something he feels needs to be said. Something that could divide Britain forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1992. Rose Cruickshank, a black Oxford academic, wants answers. Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech, with its controversial words about immigration, shattered her childhood and now she is driven to confront both the man who made the speech and her own troubled identity. Will a meeting with Enoch resolve the conflicts that are tearing her – and the country – apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Hannan's powerful play, \u003cem\u003eWhat Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e, is a searing look at identity and immigration within a bitterly divided country. It premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 2016, in a production directed by Roxana Silbert and starring Ian McDiarmid as Enoch Powell. The play was revived at the Royal Lyceum Edinburgh in 2017, before transferring to Park Theatre, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Chilling... the most provocative theatrical act of the decade' \u003cstrong\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An emotive play, dealing with a subject that resonates in the current climate... it would be easy to sensationalise, but Hannan's writing ensures it steers clear of that path, making it, if anything, more chilling... like Powell in his heydey, it is hypnotising. It is simultaneously thoughtful, thought-provoking and difficult to watch' \u003cstrong\u003eThe Reviews Hub\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A visceral play… Powell seems from another age except that some of his concerns, Islamic fundamentalism and the disenfranchised working class, are the stuff of Brexit Britain' \u003cstrong\u003eThe Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A timely, intelligent, and often poetic play about immigration, identity and the power of words to inflame' \u003cstrong\u003eThe Stage\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\u003ePoetic language paired with emotional depth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExploration of what we hide and why.\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\u003eA haunting meditation on human truth.\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 27 October 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104 pages (Ebook edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (Ebook):\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781780018362\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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