{"product_id":"9781350174412","title":"Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWhatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMartin Travers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWriters' Guild \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Play for Young Audiences Award 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're a punk band. A politically motivated Marxist punk \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eband thit waants tae bring doun the rich by any means \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003enecessary!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1978. Unemployment and violence darken every Glasgow close; Scotland have been knocked out of the World Cup; \u003ci\u003eGrease\u003c\/i\u003e is at the top of the charts and seminal Scottish punk band The Jaggy Nettles are imploding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Jaggy Nettles will be reuniting on stage to perform brand new punk-inspired songs, keeping the spirit of '78 alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?\u003c\/i\u003e redefines young punks of the 1970s as naive, asexual, idealistic, poetic, wonderful and doomed.  It is a play about empowerment and feeling the future is there to be changed; a story as relevant today as ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the February 2020 run at Scottish Youth Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMartin Travers\u003c\/b\u003e is a dramatist based at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre where he is Producer for Citizens Learning. He has been on the Playwrights Studio (Scotland)'s mentoring scheme and has been on writing attachment with the National Theatre of Scotland. In 2011, in partnership with Sense over Sectarianism, his play \u003ci\u003eScarfed for Life \u003c\/i\u003etoured secondary schools with a cast of professional actors and members of the Citizens Theatre's Young Company.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 March 2020\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\u003e9781350174412\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\u003e80\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332855758988,"sku":"9781350174412","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3ea92021-6cc5-4ce9-80f8-10a42ec03607.jpg?v=1783606902","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350174412","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}