{"product_id":"harriet-martineau-dreams-of-dancing-shelagh-stephenson-9781350011915","title":"Harriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing","description":"\u003ci\u003eWhat you haven't realised is that I sew to aid my thought processes. Look - \u003c\/i\u003eneedle \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e stab - stitch - thought. Needle - stab \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e stitch \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e thought. \u003ci\u003eSo next time you see a woman demurely sewing a sampler, be very, very wary. God knows what she may be planning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHarriet Martineau (1802-1876) was a social theorist who is often credited as being the first female sociologist. In \u003ci\u003eHarriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e, Shelagh Stephenson depicts the great writer in a period of convalescence, living as an invalid by the sea in Tynemouth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShut off from her usual society, Harriet is visited by women of the locale; Impie, a recent widow who is using her new-found marital freedom to paint murals on the ceilings of her family home; Beulah, the daughter of a woman who'd been sold into slavery and escaped; and Jane, the housemaid, whose unfeted and unexpected gifts lift her out of domestic servitude and could help Harriet out of illness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarriet Martineau\u003c\/i\u003e is a play about female self-reliance in a time of patriarchal dominance. Written by Shelagh Stephenson, it premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle, in winter 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shelagh Stephenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350011916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350011915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.20d","brand":"Shelagh Stephenson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930771472639,"sku":"9781350011915","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee364849-3423-4054-9824-b2abbe4237a1.jpg?v=1766344159","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/harriet-martineau-dreams-of-dancing-shelagh-stephenson-9781350011915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}