{"product_id":"9781408172391","title":"Fog","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFog\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTash Fairbanks | Toby Wharton\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Dis is a war zone, ya get me? An' we gotta take 'em all out, see?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFog \u003c\/i\u003eis about two families: one white and dysfunctional, the other black and aspiring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFog and Lou were put into care as young children by their soldier father, Cannon, following the untimely death of their mother. Ten years later, Cannon returns, expecting to reassemble his family around him. But he feels a stranger in this 'new' England of broken promises. And nothing could prepare him for the damage that abandonment and an inadequate care system has wreaked on his kids. He desperately tries to repair what has been broken, but is it all too little too late?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFog\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunningly powerful and gritty play which confronts important social themes with a clear-eyed lack of sentimentality. The play looks at the care system and the effects on the children placed there.  It explores the difficulties we face in trying to reconnect with people who have been absent throughout childhood, and the inadequacy of communication: words are used as loose sticking plasters to try and patch up and hide the exposed wounds of fractured relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTash Fairbanks\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, theatrical performer and playwright. She trained at E15 Acting School, and was a founder member of the lesbian feminist Siren Theatre Company. Her playwriting includes commissions for Theatre of Thelema, Women's Theatre Group, Graeae, Theatre Centre and Charter Theatre Company with such works as M\u003ci\u003eama's Gone a Hunting, Curfew, From the Divine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWash Your Hands Please\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eToby Wharton\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from RADA in 2007, and his acting credits include: \u003ci\u003eDays of Significance \u003c\/i\u003e(RSC), \u003ci\u003eAjax\u003c\/i\u003e (Riverside Studios), \u003ci\u003eTransient\u003c\/i\u003e (Pleasance\/Shunt Vaults),\u003ci\u003e Home\u003c\/i\u003e (Tristan Bates Theatre). Film and TV includes \u003ci\u003ePost code, Silent Witness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bill\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also taken part in many readings and workshops at The Royal Court, Young Vic, Soho, and National studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 April 2013\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\u003e9781408172391\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\u003e3.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331385426060,"sku":"9781408172391","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781408172391","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}