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Nick Hern Books
Mongoose
Series: NHB Modern Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Published in volume Singular Male Voices
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First Staged:
Southwark Playhouse, London, 2003

Mongoose

By Peter Harness
Published in volume Singular Male Voices
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A strange and beguiling monologue about a loner obsessed with a malign companion called Mongoose.

Peter Harness's play Mongoose was first staged at Southwark Playhouse, London, in April 2003.

Press Quotes

'Sitting in a sagging armchair, Ted describes how Mongoose first came to him... As Ted's father becomes more abusive, Mongoose's pranks turn nasty... A darkly charming fairytale'

The Times

'Beautifully written... tough, delicate and cunningly structured'

Guardian
Series: NHB Modern Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Published in volume Singular Male Voices
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