{"product_id":"9781408172797","title":"Chair Plays Have I None, The Under Room and Chair","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eChair Plays\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHave I None, The Under Room and Chair\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEdward Bond\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e'I am nothing. Nobody. One day I could forget what I have done. Then I am nothing with no past. My knife is to tell me who I am. It is my passport to myself.' The Chair Plays are three one-act plays that Edward Bond has combined into one continuous drama on the state of society towards the end of the present century. Faced with ecological disaster and economic chaos, governments have become authoritarian and repressive. Domestic family life struggles to survive in a world of fleeing refugees, mass suicides, ruined and deserted suburbs, and soldiers patrolling the streets. Authority decrees even the exact placing of furniture in rooms. There is a knock at the door - but it is not the secret police. It is something even more disturbing. In this broken world sheer human goodness and vision asserts itself in stubborn and radiant ways. A master dramatist creates a range of extraordinary characters, vivid situations and radical theatrical devices to stage the central problem of modern life.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEdward Bond is widely regarded as the UK's greatest and most influentlial playwright.  His plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Pope's Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre, 1962), \u003ci\u003eSaved \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court, 1965),\u003ci\u003e Early Morning \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court, 1968), \u003ci\u003eLear \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court, 1971), \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court, 1973), The Fool (Royal Court, 1975), \u003ci\u003eThe Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (National Theatre, 1978), \u003ci\u003eRestoration \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court, 1981) and \u003ci\u003eThe War Plays \u003c\/i\u003e(RSC at the Barbican Pit, 1985).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 August 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\u003e9781408172797\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\u003e5.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331567878284,"sku":"9781408172797","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781408172797","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}