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Every love story has a final chapter Alfie and Julie’s love story has been one of music, laughter, and heartache. On one early morning in June, they must write their ending. Following the critically acclaimed Beginning and Middle, End is the final play in David Eldridge’s...
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See moreFollowing the critically acclaimed Beginning and Middle, End is the final play in David Eldridge’s trilogy exploring love and relationships.
Following the critically acclaimed Beginning and Middle, End is the final play in David Eldridge’s trilogy exploring love and relationships.
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Every love story has a final chapter
Alfie and Julie’s love story has been one of music, laughter, and heartache. On one early morning in June, they must write their ending.
Following the critically acclaimed Beginning and Middle, End is the final play in David Eldridge’s trilogy exploring love and relationships.
This edition was published to coincide with the National Theatre production in November 2025, directed by Rachel O'Riordan (Romeo and Julie) and starring Clive Owen (Closer) as Alfie and Saskia Reeves (Slow Horses) as Julie in this touching and funny play on a life well lived.
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ISBN: 9781350609389
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 194.0mm
Weight: 80g
Pages: 80
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About the Author
David Eldridge is a British playwright and screenwriter. His theatre credits include: Market Boy (Olivier Theatre, National Theatre); Holy Warriors (Shakespeare’s Globe); Miss Julie, The Lady from the Sea (Royal Exchange, Manchester); In Basildon, Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness, Under the Blue Sky (Royal Court & West End); Something, Someone, Somewhere (Sixty-Six Books/Bush Theatre); MAD, Serving it Up (Bush); The Knot of the Heart (Almeida), Festen (Almeida, Lyric West End & Broadway); The Stock Da'wa, Falling (Hampstead); A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky (with Robert Holman & Simon Stephens, Lyric Hammersmith); Babylone (Belgrade Coventry); John Gabriel Borkman, The Wild Duck, Summer Begins (Donmar Warehouse); A Week With Tony, Fighting for Breath (Finborough); Thanks Mum (Red Room); Dirty (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Cabbage for, Tea, Tea, Tea! (Platform 4 Exeter).
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