{"product_id":"pelleas-and-melisande-by-maurice-gavin-bantock-9798333571489","title":"PELLEAS AND MELISANDE, by Maurice Maeterlinck, Adapted by Gavin Bantock: Great Dramas for Student Actors, Vol. 2","description":"\u003cb\u003ePELLEAS AND MELISANDE\u003c\/b\u003e, A Play in Two Acts, by Maurice Maeterlinck, Adapted by \u003cb\u003eGavin Bantock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreat Dramas, for Student Actors, Vol. 2 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautiful Symbolist drama involving a love triangle between \u003cb\u003eMelisande\u003c\/b\u003e, a delicate nymphlike woman of unknown origin, her somewhat impulsive marriage to \u003cb\u003eGolaud\u003c\/b\u003e, the grandson of a king, and the intense but pure love that soon develops between her and Golaud's half-brother \u003cb\u003ePelleas\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe play is set at first in a deep forest and then in a huge, decaying castle and its gardens. There is an overall \u003cb\u003edream-like atmosphere\u003c\/b\u003e as if the characters are symbols of emotion rather than living human beings who walk and talk; and there is a sense that no one in the play either understands or can control, or escape from, the workings of destiny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a play which exactly fits the term \u003cb\u003eRomantic\u003c\/b\u003e as opposed to \u003cb\u003eRealistic\u003c\/b\u003e, which somehow aligns it with the guardian spirits of music and the sea. On the realistic level it is simply story of forbidden love, jealousy and anger, ending in murder and the death of the heroine. But Melisande's passing is imbued with beauty rather than sadness, as if she is drifting back to the \u003cb\u003e\"otherworld\"\u003c\/b\u003e she came from. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished by \u003cb\u003eFirst Servant Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gavin Bantock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798333571489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d","brand":"Gavin Bantock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851302842623,"sku":"9798333571489","price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pelleas-and-melisande-by-maurice-gavin-bantock-9798333571489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}