{"product_id":"stephens-plays-simon-stephens-9781474260121","title":"Stephens Plays: 4: Three Kingdoms; The Trial of Ubu; Morning; Carmen Disruption","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour plays inspired by and originating on the European stage from one of Britain's most important playwrights.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree Kingdoms was presented at Teater NO99 in Tallinn, Estonia on 17 September 2011, before opening at the Munich Kammerspiele, Germany, on 15 October 2011. 'An inconsolable mood of dread, abandon, violence and suspicion lurks beneath the show's skin of arty insouciance, and at times the script attains a lyrical pitch of accusation against the West that quite overrides the flippancy. There's something of value here.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Ubu\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the Schauspielhaus Essen in a co-production with the Toneelgroep Amsterdam. 'The play certainly gets at the banality of evil, and evokes the slow, sometimes dull, often uncertain slog of justice.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSubtitled 'A Play For Young People', \u003ci\u003eMorning \u003c\/i\u003ewas developed in partnership between the Lyric Hammersmith, London, and the Junges Theater, Gtingen. The \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e described it as 'theatrically daring and uncompromising'; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarmen Disruption\u003c\/i\u003e, a reimagining of Bizet's opera, premiered at the Deutsche Spielhaus in spring, 2014, before its UK premiere at the Almeida, London, in April 2015. 'You can't help but be moved by the circumstances facing the five main characters. There's an understanding and a compassion amid the bleakness. And a fierce sense that something needs to change.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Stephens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474260128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474260121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.70d","brand":"Simon Stephens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064581742847,"sku":"9781474260121","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e75680b3-99d2-4efa-a9da-623a12584506.jpg?v=1712124619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stephens-plays-simon-stephens-9781474260121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}