{"product_id":"once-before-i-go-phillip-mcmahon-9781350280069","title":"Once Before I Go","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou can paint your placards 'til the cows come home, but until you have marched through this town in five inch heels and fishnets, you will never know what it is to truly be a faggot on the front line.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold against the backdrop of Dublin's burgeoning gay rights movement of the 1980s and 1990s and the contemporary LGBTQ+ community of today, \u003ci\u003eOnce Before I Go\u003c\/i\u003e charts the close friendship of Lynn, Daithí, and the luminous Bernard, and sits on the exhilarating edge between comedy, tragedy and melodrama. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the fragile yet resilient bonds of Irish queer lives across three decades in Dublin, London and Paris, the play steps between the early days of the AIDS crisis and today's LGBTQ+ community, living in an era of marriage equality, gender self-determination, and untransmittable HIV. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once political, joyous and heart-breaking, \u003ci\u003eOnce Before I Go\u003c\/i\u003e honours the fabulous people we lost along the way, and celebrates those who fight on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at Dublin's Gate Theatre in October 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip McMahon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350280062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350280069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.24d","brand":"Phillip McMahon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448699039999,"sku":"9781350280069","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af0e1945-6b14-4d4e-ac46-19de7fafd0ed.jpg?v=1777260086","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/once-before-i-go-phillip-mcmahon-9781350280069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}