{"product_id":"9780713683301","title":"Restoration","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRestoration\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEdward Bond\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eRestoration is set in eighteenth-century England: a world of\u003cbr\u003ecruelty, injustice and iron privilege. Lord Are is forced by poverty\u003cbr\u003einto an unwanted marriage with the daughter of a wealthy mineowner. One\u003cbr\u003emorning, during breakfast, he commits a bizarre and fatal crime. He\u003cbr\u003eseeks to pin responsibility for it on his guileless, illiterate\u003cbr\u003efootman, Bob Hedges. A battle ensues between Bob's black,\u003cbr\u003ejustice-hungry wife and the fortified privilege of the ruling classes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a new programme text edition of the play with minor\u003cbr\u003erevisions to the original text and produced for the tour by Oxford\u003cbr\u003eStaeg Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Bond is one of the great Britsih playwrights of the\u003cbr\u003etwentieth\/twenty-first centuries. In 1965 his grim portrait of urban\u003cbr\u003eviolence, Saved, in which a baby is stoned in its pram, aroused much\u003cbr\u003eadmiration as well as a ban from the Lord Chamberlain. His provocative\u003cbr\u003eplays [including Early Morning (1969), Lear (1971), The Sea (1973), The\u003cbr\u003eFool (1975), Restoration (1981), Summer (1982), The War Plays (1985)\u003cbr\u003eand Olly's Prison (1992)] continue to arouse extreme responses from\u003cbr\u003ecritics and audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 October 2008\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780713683301\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370786685068,"sku":"9780713683301","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_4e274f81-39e8-4755-bd48-35212bf10743.jpg?v=1783883436","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780713683301","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}