{"product_id":"9781350001381","title":"This Land","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThis Land\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSiân Owen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd strange smells would arrive on the wind. So it seemed that there was some kind of magic in this field. Some said that there was a dragon underneath that had been woken by the lightning. Some said there was treasure down there too. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFracking. How far down do you own the land beneath your feet? How much does where you live inform the person you become? What happens when someone else comes along and stakes their claim?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor young couple Bea and Joseph this is a story of fracture: of fractured hearts, lives and lands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Land\u003c\/i\u003e digs down through the history – and the future – of a patch of earth and everything that has and will happen there. This programme text edition was published to coincide with the play's premiere by Pentabus Theatre Company, Shropshire, in March 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSiân Owen\u003c\/b\u003e was the winner of the Oxford Playhouse New Playwriting Competition 2010 with her play \u003ci\u003eRestoration\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for Pentabus (\u003ci\u003eThis Land\u003c\/i\u003e), Box of Tricks (Word:Play 4 at the Arcola), Dirty Protest (Milgi's Yurt, Cardiff), PLAYlist (Theatre 503 and Latitude) and The Story Project (New Diorama, Southwark Playhouse). She also took part in the National Theatre\/Ty Newydd Habit of Art Writing Project. Siân has attended the Writers Development Course at Sherman Cymru and is a graduate of the prestigious MA Writing Performance programme at Goldsmiths. Her plays include \u003ci\u003eThis Land, Restoration,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Turn, Between The Sheets, I'm Thinking I was Wrong, Classic, Pieces and Bad Blood\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 March 2016\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\u003e9781350001381\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":51332296245388,"sku":"9781350001381","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d2385bc7-39d4-498e-b9c6-7b3702131a1d.jpg?v=1783602714","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350001381","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}