Drowned Lives Brendan Bellecourt People will open in the

People will open in the Lyttelton Theatre in a production directed by the National's artistic director Nicholas Hytner

Having received a grant to develop her new play

Artemisia Gentileschi dreams of becoming a great artist

Rechy portrays a nameless narrator as he travels through several US cities

Drowned Lives Brendan Bellecourt People will open in theSet in and around the dark, misty canals of Lichfield, Stephen Booth's incredible new novel is awash with mystery. When council officer Chris Buckley is approached by an odd old man demanding help in healing a decades old family rift, he sends the stranger away. But then the old man is murdered, and the police arrive on the Chris's doorstep asking questions to which he has no answers. As Chris begins to look into the circumstances of the murder, he