{"product_id":"9781350356733","title":"Folk","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFolk\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNell Leyshon\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for an Olivier Award 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I'll tell you one more thing. I got more songs in my head than I ever told you. I got enough to sing for days...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1903, Somerset. Rooted in the land where she has lived her entire life, Louie Hooper's mind overflows with its songs – more than 300 of them passed down from her mother. Cecil Sharp, a composer visiting from London, fears England's folk songs will be lost forever and sets out on a mission to transcribe each and every one. He believes Louie's music should speak not just for this place but for the whole of England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNell Leyshon's Olivier Award-nominated play with songs originally heard on BBC Radio before a sold-out, highly acclaimed run at London's Hampstead Theatre. The production was revived in June 2022 due to popular demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNell Leyshon \u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist and playwright, born in Glastonbury and now based in Dorset. She has written a number of plays for BBC Radios 3 and 4. Her stage plays include \u003ci\u003eComfort Me with Apples\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright award in 2005 and an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story \u003ci\u003eDon't Look Now\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2010, she became the first female playwright to be commissioned to write for Shakespeare's Globe since 1599.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 August 2022\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\u003e9781350356733\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\u003e3.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369600909452,"sku":"9781350356733","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_93cf2df5-eaeb-4ca1-be71-b293773a0261.jpg?v=1783879794","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350356733","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}