{"product_id":"the-methuen-drama-book-of-arnold-wesker-9781408105887","title":"The Methuen Drama Book of Plays from the Sixties: Roots; Serjeant Musgrave's Dance; Loot; Early Morning; The Ruling Class","description":"Five outstanding plays from the British theatre of the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains major works by five of the most important playwrights ot emerge during the late fifties and early sixties. Bold, challenging and iconoclastic, these plays are landmarks of post-war British theatre. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoots\u003c\/i\u003e by Arnold Wesker focuses on the homecoming of young Beatie Bryant who returns to her family of Norfolk farm workers with stories of her boyfriend Ronnie. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSerjeant Musgrave's Dance\u003c\/i\u003e by John Arden is set in a mining town in the 19th century, with a group of soldiers returned from a colonial war. But when Musgrave is asked to keep the peace with the colliery workers, he decides to do so in a rather unusual way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoot\u003c\/i\u003e by Joe Orton is a brilliant parody of the skeleton-in-the-cupboard crime genre, exploding the very notions of English decency, good citizenry and traditional 'positions'. \u003cbr\u003eEdward Bond's \u003ci\u003eEarly Morning \u003c\/i\u003ere-imagines the time of Victoria and Albert caught up in a military coup plotted by Disraeli. \u003cbr\u003ePeter Barnes' \u003ci\u003eRuling Class \u003c\/i\u003edescribes the fall out in an aristocratic family after the 14th Earl commits suicide and leaves his estate to a schizophrenic Franciscan friar who is under the illusion that he is Jesus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnold Wesker, Edward Bond, Joe Orton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1408105888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781408105887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continnuum-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 1.40d","brand":"Arnold Wesker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925471363327,"sku":"9781408105887","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9284b0ff-7600-4b8b-95a9-6af6937aebab.jpg?v=1681077469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-methuen-drama-book-of-arnold-wesker-9781408105887","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}