{"product_id":"9781783194957","title":"Fever Dream: Southside","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOberon Modern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFever Dream: Southside\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDouglas Maxwell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHigh summer in Glasgow’s Southside and a heatwave bears down on the residents of Govanhill, driving them off the streets. Tensions are running high and fantasy and reality are becoming blurred. Fighting to reclaim their neighbourhood, the lives of a sleep-deprived new parent and his civic-minded wife begin to unravel. Meanwhile an ambitious Hutchie boy, a pair of young missionaries, a performance artist and her alter ego and an unscrupulous property manager, are forced to confront their monsters. Fever Dream: Southside is a surreal comic thriller and major new production by Glasgow-based writer Douglas Maxwell.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDouglas Maxwell was born in 1974 in Girvan, a small town on the Ayrshire coast. For a decade he has been one of the most popular and produced playwrights in Scotland. 2010 saw three new plays tour Scotland and abroad: \u003ci\u003ePromises Promises\u003c\/i\u003e for Random Accomplice; \u003ci\u003eThe Miracle Man\u003c\/i\u003e for the National Theatre of Scotland and a musical for Cumbernauld Theatre called \u003ci\u003eThe Bookie\u003c\/i\u003e, with music by Aly Macrae. His iconic play \u003ci\u003eDecky Does A Bronco\u003c\/i\u003e was also remounted by Gridiron for a major anniversary tour. \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e called it 'one of the finest plays to emerge from a Scottish working-class story in the last ten years'. His version of Wedekind's \u003ci\u003eSpring Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e was also produced by Gridiron and The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 December 2015\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\u003eOberon Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781783194957\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\u003e88\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":55335593181324,"sku":"9781783194957","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_518c72ef-b21a-4a4d-8d79-638e363f25f6.jpg?v=1788030409","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781783194957","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}