Jude (NHB Modern Plays)

Fiction & Literature, Drama, British & Irish, Nonfiction, Entertainment
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Author: Howard Brenton ISBN: 9781788501774
Publisher: Nick Hern Books Publication: May 9, 2019
Imprint: Nick Hern Books Language: English
Author: Howard Brenton
ISBN: 9781788501774
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Publication: May 9, 2019
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Language: English

About to be fired from her cleaning job for stealing a volume of Euripides, Jude turns her employer's outrage to shock by translating the ancient Greek on the spot. The employer, a Classics teacher, knows great talent when she sees it and the encounter kick-starts Jude's lifelong ambition to study at Oxford University. Entirely self-taught and possessing an astonishing gift for languages, Jude will stop at nothing to achieve her dream – but she remains oblivious to the hidden barriers that her background has placed in her path...

Howard Brenton's play, loosely inspired by Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure, is a modern day tale of unexpected genius and of our struggle to accommodate extraordinary talent.

Jude premiered at Hampstead Theatre in May 2019.

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About to be fired from her cleaning job for stealing a volume of Euripides, Jude turns her employer's outrage to shock by translating the ancient Greek on the spot. The employer, a Classics teacher, knows great talent when she sees it and the encounter kick-starts Jude's lifelong ambition to study at Oxford University. Entirely self-taught and possessing an astonishing gift for languages, Jude will stop at nothing to achieve her dream – but she remains oblivious to the hidden barriers that her background has placed in her path...

Howard Brenton's play, loosely inspired by Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure, is a modern day tale of unexpected genius and of our struggle to accommodate extraordinary talent.

Jude premiered at Hampstead Theatre in May 2019.

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