{"product_id":"masterpieces-sarah-daniels-9781474218061","title":"Masterpieces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou are not at liberty to avenge the pornography industry in this country. We have the censorship laws for that. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMasterpieces opens on three couples having dinner in a restaurant, exchanging sexist jokes. The response is varied: some of them laugh uproariously, some of them uncomfortably, and one is deeply unhappy. Their domestic discussion about the morality of pornography is suddenly amplified a thousand-fold in the next scene in which Rowena is on trial for murder. She had just been to see a 'snuff' film in which a porn actress is actually mutilated and killed on screen, and on her way home is approached threateningly by a man who she ends up pushing under a train because he was harassing her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe play is the story of Rowena's journey, through seeing a porn magazine for the first time to a thwarted attempt to help an unhappy prostitute, from uncomfortable laughter to radical and disgusted protest at female subjugation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasterpieces \u003c\/i\u003eis an angry and defiant play, first staged in 1983, at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, before transferring to the Royal Court Theatre, London. It earned Daniels a London Theatre Critics Award for Most Promising Playwright. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition introduces Sarah Daniels into the Modern Classics series and features an introduction by Elaine Aston, Professor of Contemporary Performance at Lancaster University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Daniels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474218067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474218061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Sarah Daniels","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46739025101055,"sku":"9781474218061","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11f0a51f-c778-438a-8c82-e6d89b4bd50d.jpg?v=1743276980","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/masterpieces-sarah-daniels-9781474218061","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}