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And I think of all the things I could say
that would protect him, to warn him, so he
wouldn't make the mistakes I made. I wish
that someone older and wiser than me
would have told me what to do, where I am
meant to go. We didn't have anyone to ask,
no elders, no blueprint.

Sanctuary, 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, Sanctuary explores 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.

Sanctuary is about safety and where we allow ourselves to feel safe.

This edition was published to coincide with the production at Pleasance Dome at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2026.

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Published 07 Aug 2026
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 64
ISBN 9781350672291
Imprint Methuen Drama
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Series Modern Plays
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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