{"product_id":"the-blue-room-david-hare-9780802135964","title":"The Blue Room: A Play in Ten Intimate Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003eArthur Schnitzler described \u003cem\u003eReigen\u003c\/em\u003e, his loose series of sexual sketches, as \"completely unprintable,\" and indeed its premiere in 1921 spurred an obscenity suit. It was only when Max Oph\"ls made his famous film in 1950 that the work became better known as \u003cem\u003eLa Ronde\u003c\/em\u003e. Now David Hare has reset these circular scenes of love and betrayal in the present day, with a cast of two actors playing a succession of characters whose sexual lives enmesh like a daisy chain. \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Room\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant meditation on men and women, sex and social class, actors and the theater. With deft insight about the gap between the sexes, \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Room\u003c\/em\u003e takes the treacherous Freudian subject of projection and desire and reinvents it in a bittersweet landscape that is both eternal and completely up-to-date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080213596X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802135964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.51w x 0.31d","brand":"David Hare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947185537279,"sku":"9780802135964","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d60dd9ad-9e24-4b81-b9de-67bec5371537.jpg?v=1681517228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blue-room-david-hare-9780802135964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}