{"product_id":"9781408156445","title":"King of Scotland and The Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eKing of Scotland and The Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIain Heggie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing of Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e is an award-winning, dark comedy and a free adaptation of Gogol's \u003ci\u003eA Diary of a Madman\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-term unemployed Tommy McMillan joins a government-funded retraining scheme 'Up The Ladder'. Cited as a shining example of the government's employment policies and chosen for a media profile, Tommy is taken on by the Department of Upward Mobility. The department gets more than they bargained for, however, when they discover just how far up the ladder Tommy is expecting to go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing trouserless bankers, talking dogs, flying taxis and a razor-sharp parody of the workings of politics, \u003ci\u003eKing of Scotland \u003c\/i\u003eis an outrageous Fringe First-winning monologue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume also contains the biting satire \u003ci\u003eThe Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in 1780, Glasgow is booming, but the American war is looming, and the city's wealth is dependent on the import and export of American tobacco. Cantankerous and impoverished, Enoch Dalmellington is more harried by problems: how to marry off his dreich pious humourless daughter Euphemia, being able to afford his pew at the Tron Kirk, and what to do about Mistress Zapata's scurrilous predictions about Glasgow in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAward-winning playwright\u003cb\u003e Iain Heggie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis one of Scotland's leading playwrights. His plays include the Mobil prize-winning play, \u003ci\u003eA Wholly Healthy Glasgow\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), and John Whiting award-winning play, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Bagpipes\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). His other plays include \u003ci\u003eAn Experienced Woman Gives Advice, Don Juan, Love Freaks \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWiping My Mother's Arse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 March 2012\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\u003e9781408156445\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\u003e4.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331347546252,"sku":"9781408156445","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_cceb9987-b0b6-48f6-ba46-2460dd070462.jpg?v=1783596038","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781408156445","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}