{"product_id":"9780413701503","title":"'Weldon Rising' \u0026 'Disappeared'","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003e'Weldon Rising' \u0026amp; 'Disappeared'\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhyllis Nagy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Each play I see by Phyllis Nagy confirms me in the belief that she is\u003cbr\u003ethe finest playwright to have emerged in the 1990s\" (Alistair Macaulay,\u003cbr\u003eFinancial Times)\u003cbr\u003eWeldon\u003cbr\u003eRising: Downtown New York. The temperature is soaring. In the\u003cbr\u003emeat-packing district, Natty Weldon's lover is casually butchered by a\u003cbr\u003ehomicidal homophobe. The witnesses do not intervene. Natty flees in\u003cbr\u003eterror, two lesbians watch from their apartment window and a flamboyant\u003cbr\u003etransvestite prostitute cowers in the street below. But life changes\u003cbr\u003efor them after the murder.\u003cbr\u003eDisappeared: Sarah Casey, a travel\u003cbr\u003eagent who has never been anywhere, meets the mysterious Elston Rupp in\u003cbr\u003ea bar in New York's Hell's Kitchen. They walk out together and she is\u003cbr\u003enever seen again. Was she murdered, has she escaped from the city of\u003cbr\u003eloners, or has she simply vanished?\u003cbr\u003eNagy is \"the laconic laureate of this spiritual wasteland\" (Paul Taylor, Independent)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 March 1996\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\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780413701503\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\u003e128\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369793257612,"sku":"9780413701503","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_2accb759-f8d5-4e1f-92c3-eee36fb4a32f.jpg?v=1783880468","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780413701503","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}