{"product_id":"the-house-party-paperback","title":"The House Party - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Lomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAugust Strindberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Based on a Book by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wild party. A friendship. A cherished pet. And a night that changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's Julie's eighteenth birthday, and she's throwing a party in her father's extravagant townhouse. Her boyfriend has just dumped her and her long-suffering best friend Christine is trying to pick up the pieces. As the revelers pile into the booze, down in the kitchen Christine and her boyfriend Jon - son of Julie's cleaner - clear up and dare to dream of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the volume goes up and the shots go down, Julie concocts a twisted cocktail of privilege, desire and destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Lomas's play \u003cem\u003eThe House Party\u003c\/em\u003e spins Strindberg's classic play \u003cem\u003eMiss Julie\u003c\/em\u003e into intense, fizzing life for today's generation. It was first performed at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in 2024, co-produced with Headlong in association with Frantic Assembly, and directed by Holly Race Roughan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura Lomas\u003c\/strong\u003e is a playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include: \u003cem\u003eThe House Party\u003c\/em\u003e after August Strindberg's \u003cem\u003eMiss Julie\u003c\/em\u003e (Chichester Festival Theatre \/ Headlong \/ Frantic Assembly, 2024); \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, co-written with Sami Ibrahim and Sabrina Mahfouz, after Ovid (Shakespeare's Globe, 2021); \u003cem\u003eChaos\u003c\/em\u003e (National Theatre Connections); \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Road\u003c\/em\u003e (Dundee Rep, Derby Theatre, Royal \u0026amp; Derngate and Theatre Royal Plymouth youth companies); \u003cem\u003eJoanne\u003c\/em\u003e (Clean Break \u0026amp; Soho Theatre); \u003cem\u003eBird\u003c\/em\u003e (Root Theatre and Echo); \u003cem\u003eBlister\u003c\/em\u003e (Paines Pough\/Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama); \u003cem\u003eOpen Heart Surgery\u003c\/em\u003e (Theatre Uncut); \u003cem\u003eCome to Where I'm From\u003c\/em\u003e (Paines Plough); \u003cem\u003eSome Machine\u003c\/em\u003e (Paines Plough\/Rose Bruford); \u003cem\u003eThe Island\u003c\/em\u003e (Nottingham Playhouse\/Det Norske Oslo); \u003cem\u003eUs Like Gods\u003c\/em\u003e (Hampstead, Heat and Light); \u003cem\u003eGypsy Girl\u003c\/em\u003e (Paines Plough Later at Soho) and \u003cem\u003eWasteland\u003c\/em\u003e (New Perspectives\/Derby Theatre; shortlisted for the Brian Way Award).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRadio plays include \u003cem\u003eMy Boy\u003c\/em\u003e (BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play; Bronze SONY Award for best radio drama) and \u003cem\u003eLucy Island\u003c\/em\u003e (BBC Radio 3).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer screen work includes \u003cem\u003eRough Skin\u003c\/em\u003e (Touchpaper\/Channel 4; shortlisted for Best British Short at British Independent Film Awards and Raindance Film Festival). She has also written two episodes of \u003cem\u003eGlue\u003c\/em\u003e (E4\/Eleven Films), and has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4, Manchester Royal Exchange, and jointly by Clean Break and Birmingham Rep. She was a MacDowell Colony Fellow 2013, and a Yaddo Fellow 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAugust Strindberg\u003c\/strong\u003e (1849-1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. His plays include \u003cem\u003eThe Father\u003c\/em\u003e (1887), \u003cem\u003eMiss Julie\u003c\/em\u003e (1888), \u003cem\u003eTo Damascus\u003c\/em\u003e (1898), \u003cem\u003eThe Dance of Death\u003c\/em\u003e (1900), \u003cem\u003eA Dream Play\u003c\/em\u003e (1902) and \u003cem\u003eThe Ghost Sonata\u003c\/em\u003e (1908).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219907231993,"sku":"9781839043611","price":35.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/9O1Od12hCZ9781839043611.webp?v=1768170519","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-house-party-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}