Tribes
By: by Nina Raine
Contributors: Royal Court Theatre
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9781848421219
Subjects: Drama; Deaf; Dysfunctional families
Other titles: Royal Court Theatre presents tribes
Notes: At head of title: The Royal Court Theatre presents

"Billy's family, like every other, is a club, with its own private language, jokes and rules. You can be as rude as you like, as possessive as you like, as critical as you like. Arguments are an expression of love, and after all, you love each other more than anyone in the world. Don't you? But Billy, who is deaf, is the only one who actually listens. When he meets Sylvia, he decides he finally wants to be heard. A penetrating play about belonging, family and the limitations of communication, Tribes premiered in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London in October 2010, directed by Robert Michell" -- P. [4] of cover.