{"product_id":"the-herd-rory-kinnear-9781848423343","title":"The Herd","description":"\u003cb\u003eCo-Recipient of the 2014 Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A lively and moving comedy-drama... Mr. Kinnear writes witty but always natural dialogue that allows his themes to emerge organically... \u003ci\u003eThe Herd\u003c\/i\u003e breathes with real, complicated life... Most remarkably, for all the sadness at its core, \u003ci\u003eThe Herd\u003c\/i\u003e remains a buoyantly entertaining play.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wise and truthful new play... \u003ci\u003eThe Herd\u003c\/i\u003e does an awful lot really well... but it is rare indeed to find a contemporary play with such richly written roles for older characters.\" - \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed actor Rory Kinnear's debut play is a witty and heartfelt look at a family falling apart - and pulling together - when life doesn't turn out quite the way they imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's Andy Griffith's twenty-first birthday. Not that he's counting. But his mother Carol is. Counting the minutes until he arrives, counting the unexpected guests, counting the times that something like this has happened before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRory Kinnear\u003c\/b\u003e is an actor and playwright. He has played Hamlet and Iago at the National Theatre, Angelo in \u003ci\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/i\u003e at the Almeida, and Bolingbroke in \u003ci\u003eRichard II\u003c\/i\u003e for the BBC. \u003ci\u003eThe Herd\u003c\/i\u003e is his first play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rory Kinnear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848423349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848423343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Hern Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.40d","brand":"Rory Kinnear","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46617941049599,"sku":"9781848423343","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6ce0ba1-44e7-444b-bf2f-545325a053ef.jpg?v=1740068748","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-herd-rory-kinnear-9781848423343","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}