{"product_id":"the-red-devils-trilogy-modern-plays-9780413419002","title":"The Red Devils Trilogy Modern Plays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribed as 'the funniest woman dramatist since Shelagh Delaney (Michael Billington, Guardian), Debbie Horsfield has created a formidable quartet, Alice, Nita, Phil and Beth: these are the 'Red Devils' four young women from Salford whose personal and political development is charted through a series of love affairs, employment crises, domestic dramas and steadfast devotion to Manchester United. The plays in the \u003ci\u003eRed Devils Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e can be read and enjoyed in isolation: they were premiered at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983 and were then played in London: \u003ci\u003eRed Devils\u003c\/i\u003e at the Man in Moon in 1984, and \u003ci\u003eTrue Dare Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCommand or Promise\u003c\/i\u003e at the National Theatre in 1985.In the first play, \u003ci\u003eRed Devils\u003c\/i\u003e, the four are football crazy teenagers. 'They will give their all, or almost, to see their home team playing Arsenal in the 1979 Cup Final. But Debbie Horsfield's play... uses the sporting contest to view the lives and limited horizons of the quartet, their conf","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767498735959,"sku":"9780413419002","price":16.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780413419002.jpg?v=1758713507","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-red-devils-trilogy-modern-plays-9780413419002","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}