Surrender

A gripping play about a woman trying to survive in a punishing and dysfunctional penal system that has separated her from her daughter. Premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024.

About the author

Sophie Swithinbank is a playwright whose work includes: Surrender (Arcola Theatre, London, & Summerhall, Edinburgh, 2024); Bacon (Finborough Theatre, London, 2022; winner of Soho Theatre's Tony Craze Award); Circle Game (Oxford School of Drama, shortlisted for the Phil Fox Award 2020); Even In Arcadia (longlisted for the Verity Bargate Award); The Fellowship (Picturedrome, University of Northampton); Where There Is Smoke (National Theatre Learning); Come Inside (Bush Theatre, London) and The Superhero (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith).

She teaches Playwriting at the University of Northampton.
Phoebe Ladenburg is an actor, director and theatre-maker.

Her play Surrender, co-created with the playwright Sophie Swithinbank, was premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024.

Product details

• Authors: Sophie Swithinbank
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2024
• EAN: 9781839043734
• ISBN: 978-1-83904-373-4
• No. of pages: 56
• Assisted by: Phoebe Ladenburg
• Series: NHB Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Plays, Playscripts