{"product_id":"the-night-watch-paperback-1","title":"The Night Watch - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Waters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHattie Naylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI thought everything would change, after the war. And now, no one even mentions it. It is as if we all got together in private and said whatever you do don't mention that, like it never happened.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the late 1940s. Calm has returned to London and five people are recovering from the chaos of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn scenes set in a quiet dating agency, a bombed-out church and a prison cell, the stories of these five lives begin to intertwine and we uncover the desire and regret that has bound them together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Waters's story of illicit love and everyday heroism takes us from a dazed and shattered post-war Britain back into the heart of the Blitz, towards the secrets that are hidden there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlivier-nominated playwright Hattie Naylor has created a thrilling and theatrically inventive adaptation of a great modern novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stage adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Night Watch \u003c\/i\u003ewas premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, on 16 May 2016.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHattie Naylor \u003c\/b\u003ehas won several national and international awards for her plays and has had a number of her stories broadcast on Radio 4, including \u003ci\u003eMathilde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSolaris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Ivan the Terrible\u003c\/i\u003e. Theatre and opera work include \u003ci\u003eMother Savage\u003c\/i\u003e for Travelling Light, the opera \u003ci\u003eOdysseus Unwound\u003c\/i\u003e for Tête à Tête, \u003ci\u003eThe Nutcracker\u003c\/i\u003e for Theatre Royal Bath, \u003ci\u003eIvan and the Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e for the Soho Theatre, \u003ci\u003eGoing Dark\u003c\/i\u003e for Fuel and \u003ci\u003eBluebeard\u003c\/i\u003e for Gallivant. She also teaches scriptwriting on the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Waters \u003c\/b\u003ehas written six novels: Tipping the Velvet (1998, Betty Trask Award); Affinity (1999, Somerset Maugham Award, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award); Fingersmith (2002, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize, and winner of the South Bank Show Award for Literature and the CWA Historical Dagger); The Night Watch (2006, shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize); The Little Stranger (2009, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize) and The Paying Guests (2014, shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction). Several of her novels have been adapted for television and the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719403114559,"sku":"9781350014060","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6010b6633bdd6f60c37d24809dac23d6.webp?v=1765085502","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-night-watch-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}