{"product_id":"9781350663220","title":"Before I'm Dead","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBefore I'm Dead\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJames Rushbrooke\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'People are people. Careless in courage, but scared to the bone'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZara is dying. But she's not about to go out without making some noise. At seventeen, with a terminal diagnosis and a very limited tolerance for nonsense, she has one final project: record her own eulogy, in her own words, before her brain tumour makes that impossible. Funny, angry, and absolutely unwilling to be reduced to her illness, Zara is the last person who needs saving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuart thinks he's there to help. He's good at helping - he's built a career out of it, a quiet, careful life of service that keeps his own grief at a comfortable distance. But Zara doesn't need managing. She needs witnessing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that's something Stuart has never quite learned to do.\u003ci\u003e Before I'm Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender two-hander that\u003cbr\u003easks what it really means to see another human being: not the polished performance they present to the world, but the real, inconvenient, luminous truth of them. It shows us that, surprising as they may be, connections are the greatest form of bravery in the face of mortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore I'm Dead \u003c\/i\u003eis the Vault Creative Arts Playwriting Award winning play (2026) and this edition was published to coincide with the production at The Glitch in May 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJames Rushbrooke\u003c\/b\u003e is a playwright whose plays include Tomcat (Southwark Playhouse, winner of the 2015 Papatango New Writing Prize), Crab Bucket, Photo Finish (Waterloo East), and Filibuster (Old Vic New Voices Festival). He is also a consultant and trainer in the world of social care and runs the Imagine Theatre School in Cirencester.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350663220\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378325225612,"sku":"9781350663220","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_2d894c33-cee0-4182-8783-1c91b650a799.jpg?v=1783908531","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350663220","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}