# After Life

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- Authors: [Jack Thorne](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-thorne)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2021-11-25
- Genres: Plays, playscripts, drama, Fiction: literary and general non-genre

## Description

If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be? A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die. Written by Jack Thorne from a concept by Bunny Christie, Jeremy Herrin and Thorne, After Life was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in June 2021. It was directed by Herrin, in a co-production with Headlong, by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

## Editions

### After Life

- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- ISBN: 978-18-3904-014-6
- Pages: 80
- Published: 2021-11-25
- Language: en_US