Public Property (Paperback)
Description
Public Property is a dark comedy commenting on the state of television and news reporting in a celebrity-obsessed age. When popular newsreader Geoffrey Hammond gets caught by photographers in a sexual act with a 16 year-old boy, it is up to his publicist Larry to spin him out of a tricky situation. Locked in a house and with the paparazzi wolves at the door, an unexpected powerplay unfolds between the two men.
An excerpt of “Public Property”, which was originally planned as an idea for a short film, was showcased at the Hampstead Theatre Start Night on the 31st July 2007. As a result of this it was developed in association with Old Vic New Voices and had a rehearsed reading at the Old Vic on the 3rd June 2008.
A full production ran at the Trafalgar Studios from the 10th Nov - 5th Dec 2009, starring Nigel Harman, Robert Daws and Steven Webb, directed by Hanna Berrigan. It was nominated as Best New Comedy in the 2010 WhatsOnStage Awards.
About the Author
Sam Peter Jackson’s plays include Minor Irritations, which became the first play to receive the Pleasance Theatre’s Charlie Hartill Special Reserve and was nominated for the Oscar Wilde Award for Writing, and the short play Charity (included in The Factory’s new writing show Round One at the Pleasance Theatre, Electricity Showrooms and the Hampstead Theatre)
