{"product_id":"shorts-2","title":"Shorts 2","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\u003eFollowing the successful launch of \u003cem\u003eShorts I\u003c\/em\u003e, The Necessary Stage presents \u003cem\u003eShorts II\u003c\/em\u003e, the second instalment of short plays by award-winning Singapore playwright Haresh Sharma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of 8 plays includes some of Sharma’s best and most popular early works, including \u003cem\u003egodeatgod \u003c\/em\u003ewhich have been performed to rave reviews both locally and internationally. 3 other plays, \u003cem\u003euntitled women number one\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003euntitled cow number one\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKoan\u003c\/em\u003e have also been performed at international festivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 6 of the 8 plays, this will be their first appearance in print.\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\"Like divine signs glimpsed by the faithful, godeatgod is most rewarding for its subtle touches.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—The Strait Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"... a play that spoke truth to power with both directness and subtlety.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—The Philippine Daily Inquirer On Lizard\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":32123240185969,"sku":"9789810895501","price":22.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Shorts-2-by-Haresh-Sharma-00.jpg?v=1602762208","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/shorts-2","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}