{"product_id":"truths-a-dog-must-to-kennel-9781350360402","title":"Truths a Dog Must to Kennel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd that's the moment when I leave.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe moment when the jokes fail us. When \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI fail. I fail.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis precise moment here, look, see with \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eyour ears.\u003c\/i\u003eThe Fool leaves \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e before the blinding. Before the killing starts. Before the ice-creams in the interval.In his new solo work, playwright Tim Crouch draws on ideas of virtual reality to send the Fool back to the future of the play that he left. Back to a world without moral leadership or integrity; a world where wealth covers vice; where the poor are dehumanised; where the jokes fall flat; where live art has become the privilege of the few.\u003ci\u003eTruth's a Dog Must to Kennel\u003c\/i\u003e is a daringly unaccommodating piece of theatre that switches between scathingly funny stand-up and an audacious act of collective imagining. \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e meets stand-up meets the metaverse. Crouch's previous celebrated works include \u003ci\u003eAn Oak Tree, The Author, Adler \u0026amp; Gibb, Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Sal\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019652989271,"sku":"9781350360402","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350360402.jpg?v=1750780918","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/truths-a-dog-must-to-kennel-9781350360402","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}