{"product_id":"the-joy-of-misery-david-pinner-9781849433853","title":"The Joy of Misery: Four One-Act Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCartoon\u003c\/b\u003e is a comedy about cartoons and the joy of misery. As Siegfried, the cartoonist, remarks; 'If you cut succulent slices off people, then everyone laughs. However, if the scalpel slips, then you're down to the bone. But then, of course, comedy is tragedy speeded up.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Evening With The G.L.C.\u003c\/b\u003e is a play about public morality versus political expediency, and it exposes the dire state of London. Labour Councillor Rennip, who is on the G.L.C., faces some very awkward questions from his son on the combative TV Current Affairs programme 'Confrontation'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShakebag \u003c\/b\u003eis a farcical comedy about an amateur company's chaotic rehearsal of Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream on the Bard's birthday while the amused ghost of Shakespeare looks down from on high at the antics of his thespian 'mechanicals'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuccubus \u003c\/b\u003eis Lili, who may, or may not be, a Mesopotamian storm demon or the Moon Goddess Herself. Mark, the Born-Again Christian, confronts Lili with his burning secret, and the play explores female myths, male fears, paganism and Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Pinner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849433852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849433853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.10w x 0.40d","brand":"David Pinner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48014069629183,"sku":"9781849433853","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa045159-839a-4c6b-9c9d-29b38626ffdb.jpg?v=1767746539","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-joy-of-misery-david-pinner-9781849433853","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}