Living

· Bloomsbury Publishing
Ebook
208
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Grow up wantin' to change the world. Spend yer twenties n'thirties in a daze. Fifty turns to sixty n'yer suddenly fightin' the urge not to kill everyone.

Sheffield, 1969. Kathy and Brian move into that big old house on Burngreave Road. Just turned twenty, a couple of babies on the way, they've got their whole lives ahead of them.

But living is a funny business. Kids, money, work. Thatcherism, Blairism and Trump. As the world turns around them, will Kathy and Brian keep their home together through sixty years of change?

Award-winning Sheffield playwright, Leo Butler's (Lucky Dog, Boy), state-of-the-nation drama about all the years of our lives.

This edition was published to coincide with the Sheffield Theatres' production in March 2026.
Grow up wantin' to change the world. Spend yer twenties n'thirties in a daze. Fifty turns to sixty n'yer suddenly fightin' the urge not to kill everyone. Sheffield, 1969. Kathy and Brian move into that big old house on Burngreave Road. Just turned twenty, a couple of babies on the way, they've g...

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About the author

Leo Butler is an award-winning playwright. His plays have been produced by many of the UK's most important theatres, including National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Birmingham Rep, and Royal Shakespeare Company.
He has written many celebrated plays about young people, including Made of Stone (Royal Court), Redundant (Royal Court), Boy (Almeida), and Decades (Brit School/Bridge Theatre Co.)
Leo Butler is an award-winning playwright. His plays have been produced by many of the UK's most important theatres, including National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Birmingham Rep, and Royal Shakespeare Company. He has written many celebrated plays about young people, including Made of Stone (R...

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