{"product_id":"the-house-that-will-not-stand-modern-plays-9781474228848","title":"The House That Will Not Stand Modern Plays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou may be the wealthiest colored woman in New Orleans, but you built this house on sand, lies and dead bodies.\u003c\/i\u003eNew Orleans, 1836. Following an era of French colonial rule and relative racial acceptance, Louisiana's free people of color' are  prospering. Beatrice, a free woman of colour, has become one of the city's wealthiest women  through her relationship with a rich white man.  However, when her lover mysteriously dies, Beatrice imposes a six-month period of mourning on herself and her three daughters. But, as the summer heat intensifies, the foundations of  freedom she has built for herself and their three unwed daughters begin  to crumble. Society is changing, racial divides are growing and, as the  members of the household turn on each other in their fight for survival, it could cost  them everything.  A bewitching new drama of desire, jealousy, murder and voodoo, \u003ci\u003eThe House That Will Not Stand\u003c\/i\u003e received its world premiere at Berkeley Rep, US, in January 2014, and was\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcus Gardley's play is a lyrical vision of rivalry, jealousy and racial prejudice. Set in New Orleans in the 1830s, it strikingly depicts passion and repression in a style that is sometimes reminiscent of Federico Garcia Lorca's great The House of Bernarda Alba yet also affords fresh insight into a largely unfamiliar historical period. * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eFor all of Gardley's palpable debt to Lorca, his play has a historical fascination and exuberant theatricality all its own. [...] It's a rich mix, but Gardley vividly captures the sense of a house not only divided against itself but also caught up in a war of different traditions. * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe House That Will Not Stand . . . opens a fascinating window on to the largely forgotten phenomenon of placage . . . * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eGardley is an acclaimed poet as well as a playwright, and his script . . . is shot through with a dreamy lyricism. At times, the effect is startlingly beautiful . . . * Daily Telegraph *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770037371223,"sku":"9781474228848","price":16.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474228848.jpg?v=1758723847","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-house-that-will-not-stand-modern-plays-9781474228848","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}