{"product_id":"short-plays-keith-dewhurst-9780957182981","title":"Short Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese four new short plays were written over the first twenty years of the 21st Century by master playwright Keith Dewhurst, who is perhaps best known for his much-loved, groundbreaking adaptation of Flora Thompson's Lark Rise to Candleford. In this volume, Sam's Father and Hannah Vine create an unintended, formidable double-bill examining the impacts of modern feminism, while the latter two plays place us firmly in the 19th Century. Steerforth in Italy is an entertaining fantasy based on what might have happened had Dickens' David Copperfield attempted to rescue 'Little Em'ly' from James Steerforth's clutches, while St Boniface Gardens captures conversations between Karl Marx and his doctor during Marx's last years on the Isle of Wight. Published for the first time, the collection represents the work of one of the great dramatists of the English theatre at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plays are introduced with a foreword by Patrick Miles, literary consultant and translator to the National Theatre (1977-2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummary and Cast breakdowns: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam's Father: A woman's decision and twenty years later (1 woman, 2 men)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah Vine: A pulp biographer finds more than she bargained for (2 women, 1 man)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteerforth in Italy: David Copperfield seeks the betrayed little Em'ly (1 woman, 4 men)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSt Boniface Gardens: Karl Marx and his doctor on the Isle of Wight (2 women, 2 men)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Dewhurst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0957182988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780957182981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenheart Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.56d","brand":"Keith Dewhurst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441399705855,"sku":"9780957182981","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_39c28015-436a-4a9b-8b90-9dc4c336a409.jpg?v=1777190642","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/short-plays-keith-dewhurst-9780957182981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}