{"product_id":"marber-plays-patrick-marber-9780413774279","title":"Marber Plays: 1: After Miss Julie; Closer; Dealer's Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarber Plays: 1 \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together three of this award-winning playwright's first plays produced at the National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse, London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDealer's Choice\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London, in 1995 and subsequently transferred to the West End. It won the 1995 \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard \u003c\/i\u003eAward for Best Comedy and, the Writers' Guild for Best West End Play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An exceptionally accomplished first play . . . though I know nothing about poker, I testify to the compulsive grip this play exerts and to the accumulation of meanings it ignites in your head.' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Miss Julie \u003c\/i\u003erelocates August Strindberg's \u003ci\u003eMiss Julie \u003c\/i\u003e(1888) to an English country house in July 1945. In this radical re-imagining of theatre's first 'naturalistic tragedy' the events of Strindberg's original are transposed to the night of the British Labour Party's 'landslide' election victory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloser\u003c\/i\u003e: 'Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. Patrick Marber understands this perfectly, and in \u003ci\u003eCloser \u003c\/i\u003ehe has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right up there with Williams' \u003ci\u003eStreetcar\u003c\/i\u003e, Mamet's \u003ci\u003eOleanna\u003c\/i\u003e, Albee's \u003ci\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/i\u003e, Pinter's \u003ci\u003eOld Times \u003c\/i\u003eand Hare's \u003ci\u003eSkylight\u003c\/i\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Marber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0413774279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780413774279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.79d","brand":"Patrick Marber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919692235007,"sku":"9780413774279","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7576f274-4755-4e6d-92f0-16fd8c90ce7e.jpg?v=1680810785","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marber-plays-patrick-marber-9780413774279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}