num_pages: 88
description: Kill the Old Torture their Young is an urban tragi-comedy from the acclaimed writer of Knives in Hens, one of Scotland's most talented new playwrightsA documentary maker returns to the city of his birth. His task, to film his impressions. An old man remembers a time when eagles flew over the city. A TV executive reaches breaking point in the city he loves. A struggle actor seeks fame in a city that doesn't seem to want him. A young woman ends her artistic dreams in a city that eludes her. A receptionist tries to break the mould of her life in the city where she's always lived. A rock star sings to himself in a city he's forgotten the name of…Each of them has a story to tell, but who will listen?
language: English
title: Kill the Old, Torture the Young
titlecomplete: Kill the Old, Torture the Young
genres: Plays
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Methuen Drama