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Network (Playscript)

Lee Hall

Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall from the Paddy Chayefsky film, Network premiered at the National Theatre, London, in November 2017.

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Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780571345465
Date Published
16.11.2017

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Summary

I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore.

Howard Beale, news anchorman, isn’t pulling in the viewers. In his final broadcast he unravels live on screen. But when the ratings soar, the network seize on their newfound populist prophet, and Howard becomes the biggest thing on TV.

Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall from the Paddy Chayefsky film, Network premiered at the National Theatre, London, in November 2017.

Critic Reviews

Dazzling... Lee Hall’s adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky’s 1976 film makes this look like a prescient, urgent text. It lands with messianic zeal.

Observer

Critic Reviews

A merciless and resonantly topical vision of the way modern media fragments our attention.

Evening Standard

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An extraordinary version of the prophetic satire... An almost total triumph.

Guardian

LeeHall

Born in Newcastle in 1966. Started writing for Radio in 1995 winning awards for I Luv You Jimmy Spud, Spoonface Steinberg and Blood Sugar which all made the journey to other media, his screenplay for Billy Elliot was nominated for an Oscar and was adapted into a multi-award winning stage musical. He has worked as writer in residence for Live…

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