{"product_id":"sanctuary-playtext","title":"Sanctuary Playtext","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd I think of all the things I could say\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat would protect him, to warn him, so he\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewouldn't make the mistakes I made. I wish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat someone older and wiser than me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewould have told me what to do, where I am\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emeant to go. We didn't have anyone to ask,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eno elders, no blueprint.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanctuary,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the debut play from Jacob Sparrow, is the winner of the inaugural Leodis Prize, a new playwriting competition with Methuen Drama as publishing partner. This beautiful, evocative play is set in a Suffolk village in the early 90s alongside the AIDS epidemic. Told from the perspective of a man who has come to stay, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanctuary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexplores his relationship with the people in the village and the confrontation with his own mortality. It is a play about loneliness and the places we go within ourselves when we feel alone, the legacy we leave behind and the things we would tell ourselves to do differently if we could.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanctuary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis about safety and where we allow ourselves to feel safe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the production at Pleasance Dome at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55643479802232,"sku":"9781350672291","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/SanctuaryPlaytextNationalTheatreShop.jpg?v=1788273252","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/products\/sanctuary-playtext","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}