{"product_id":"shorts-1","title":"Shorts 1","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Playwright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the successful launch of \u003cem\u003eTrilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, The Necessary Stage returns with another collection of plays, \u003cem\u003eShorts I\u003c\/em\u003e by Haresh Sharma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of 6 plays contains some of Sharma’s best and most popular early works. 3 of them, \u003cem\u003eLanterns Never\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGo Out\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStill Building\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMore\u003c\/em\u003e have been published in a previous collection, but which is no longer available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other 3 plays, \u003cem\u003eHope\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTalk I\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTalk II\u003c\/em\u003e have never been published before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection also contains an introduction by Alvin Tan as well as notes to each play by Sharma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In the world of Singapore theatre, few can doubt that Haresh Sharma... is among its most powerful drivers\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kirpal Singh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The early plays by Sharma have a freshness and vitality which open up spaces for asking new questions of regimes and political systems. They raise new ideas about issues often overlooked on stage. Sharma doesn't create a discourse of antagonism or aggressive advocacy for change. Rather, he gently opens up little corners, pushes aside, just a little, the curtains, to open up a new discourse of what it means to be the first adult new Singaporeans post separation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—David Birch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaresh Sharma\u003c\/strong\u003e is Resident Playwright of The Necessary Stage and co-Artistic Director of the annual M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. To date, he has written about 100 plays. One of these,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOff Centre\u003c\/em\u003e, was selected by the Ministry of Education as a Literature text for ‘N’ and ‘O’ Levels, and republished by The Necessary Stage in 2006. In 2008,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterlogue: Studies in Singapore Literature, Vol. 6\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Ethos Books. Written by Prof David Birch and edited by A\/P Kirpal Singh, it presents an extensive investigation of Haresh’s work over the past 20 years. A collection of Haresh’s plays was also translated into Mandarin and published as \u0026lt;\u0026lt;哈里斯·沙玛剧作选\u0026gt;\u0026gt; by Global Publishing. In 2010, Epigram Books published\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThose Who Can’t, Teach\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaresh was awarded Best Original Script for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFundamentally Happy\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGemuk Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eduring the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Life! Theatre Awards respectively. In 2010, the abovementioned plays were published by The Necessary Stage in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrilogy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ecollection. Most recently, two collections of short plays by Haresh,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShorts 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShorts 2\u003c\/em\u003e, were published as well. In 2011, Haresh became the first non-American to be awarded the prestigious Goldberg Master Playwright by New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2014, Haresh was awarded the prestigious S.E.A. Write Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Necessary Stage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123240153201,"sku":"9789810876746","price":22.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Shorts-1-by-Haresh-Sharma-00.jpg?v=1602762205","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/shorts-1","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}