{"product_id":"9781472583697","title":"August Bank Holiday Lark","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAugust Bank Holiday Lark\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDeborah McAndrew\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomorrow morning, you and Frank Armitage are getting wed. In my opinion, marriage is blind optimism at any time, but especially in wartime. It's an act of faith.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking its title from a line in Philip Larkin's poem 'MCMXIV', \u003ci\u003eAn August Bank Holiday Lark\u003c\/i\u003e explores the impact of the First World War on a rural community in East Lancashire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the idyllic summer of 1914 rural Lancashire, everyone in the community is excited about Wakes week; a rest from field and mill and a celebration of the Rushbearing Festival with singing, courting, drinking and dancing. The looming war barely registers . . . but it will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the lens of traditional rural life, the play follows the stories of the people of the village and witnesses their personal transitions from exuberance to touching naivety as they manage their loss with courage and humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn August Bank Holiday Lark \u003c\/i\u003ereceived its world premiere on 7 February 2014, in a touring production by Northern Broadsides and New Vic Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah McAndrew\u003c\/b\u003e is a British writer and actor whose adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Bells\u003c\/i\u003e by Leopold Lewis (Northern Broadsides Theatre Company) opened at the Viaduct, Halifax in 2004. Her first original play, \u003ci\u003eVacuum, \u003c\/i\u003epremiered with the same theatre company. Her versions of Nikolai Gogol's \u003ci\u003eA Government Inspector\u003c\/i\u003e, with the action transplanted to a corrupt Yorkshire hamlet, and The Grand Gesture, adapted from Nikolai Erdman's \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e, are published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 April 2014\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\u003e9781472583697\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\u003e104\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332032921740,"sku":"9781472583697","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_03fc6bb8-ac1a-4e18-9a84-6cf40e485b75.jpg?v=1783601054","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472583697","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}