Alexander Masters’ Stuart: A Life Backwards,written by Jack Thorne and directed by Mark Rosenblatt, will receive its world premiere this July at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before touring to Watford and Sheffield.
Stuart Shorter is a chaotic, violent, motormouth homeless man from Cambridge. Alexander Masters is a reserved, bookish member of the educated middle-classes. Double BAFTA award-winner Jack Thorne’s new adaptation tells the story of an unlikely friendship and of Stuart’s entire life – told ‘backwards’.
Jack Thorne said, "Stuart and Alexander's story is extraordinary. This is the sort of dream project that comes around only once in a while. I only hope we can do the book justice"
Stuart: A Life Backwards is a novel set in Cambridge that investigates the life of Stuart Shorter, a man who had been repeatedly abused and failed by society and the state throughout his life. He became a unique, attractive, but dangerous adult, who did much to campaign on the issue of homelessness. Alexander knew Stuart, and the novel is a chronicle of their relationship as a prism to Alexander exploring Stuart’s life. The book was shortlisted for the Whitbread Book Awards in 2005, and the 2006 Hawthornden Prize.
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www.edfringe.com / www.underbelly.co.uk
www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk
www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
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