{"product_id":"ridley-plays-2-9781408111161","title":"Ridley Plays 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second volume of Ridley''s stage plays confirms him as one of the\u003cbr\u003emost imaginative, daring and unique voices currently working in\u003cbr\u003etheatre. All four plays collected here resonant with Ridley''s trademark\u003cbr\u003ethemes - East London, storytelling, moments of shocking violence,\u003cbr\u003ememories of the past, fantastical monologues, and that strange mix of\u003cbr\u003ethe barbaric and the beautiful he has made all his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVincent River:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e ''... a grieving mother and a traumatized teenager\u003cbr\u003emeet as adversaries, rough each other up and eventually bond over a\u003cbr\u003ebarbaric act of cruelty...Ridley asks\u003cbr\u003equestions, lots of them, about how people respond to the loss of\u003cbr\u003einnocence in their lives, how they hold onto their sanity in the face\u003cbr\u003eof savagery and how they fight to keep the bonds of humanity intact in\u003cbr\u003ea mad, mad world.'' \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMercury Fur:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e ''...depicts a scary, post-apocalyptic London where, in\u003cbr\u003etheir strugg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVincent River; Mercury Fur; Leaves of Glass; Piranha Heights\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863246504279,"sku":"9781408111161","price":26.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408111161.jpg?v=1759920068","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ridley-plays-2-9781408111161","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}