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Sea Wall / A Life

By: Simon Stephens, Nick Payne
Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Sturridge
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Meet Alex, a photographer on a holiday with his family in the south of France. Meet Abe, a music producer with a baby on the way. Two men - both fathers, husbands, and sons - take us on a journey you will never forget. The finest actors of their generation, Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Sunday in the Park with George) and Tony Award nominee Tom Sturridge (1984), had audiences roaring to their feet during the sold-out Broadway engagement. Now Sea Wall / A Life, a dramatic exploration of transformative love and devastating loss, comes to Audible.

©2020 Simon Stephens and Nick Payne (P)2020 AO Media, LLC. Drama & Plays European World Literature
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I simultaneously laughed and cried. My heart somehow broke and yet was so full at the same time. Absolutely beautiful!!

Heartbreaking beautiful

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Stunning
Spell bound from start to finish. It draws the rawest of emotions. I’m crying then laughing.
So relatable and breathtakingly real. It is incredibly well told/narrated. I will share this with my sisters and my children who are expecting. Xx
Thank you Tom and Jake

Sea Wall / A Life

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2 beautiful stories, written each on the parallel joys and deeply profound being that is to give and receive parental love.

two beautiful stories

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Tom & Jake performed this with such power and tenderness.
An emotional ride that had me hanging on every word. I laughed, I cried and I related.

Beautiful

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What a strikingly lovely piece of work. Beautifully written and masterfully performed by Gyllenhaal and Sturridge. Feels incredibly authentic. Can’t wait to re-listen so I can cry and smile all over again.

Gorgeous, heartbreaking, touching, human.

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