{"product_id":"9781350141667","title":"When I Fall ... If I Fall","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWhen I Fall ... If I Fall\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClaire Dowie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't understand it. I've still got muscles, tendons, sinews, whatnots – nothing's changed skeleton wise, body wise. It's still all intact.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYet it doesn't work. It won't move itself.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeaping barriers of age, sexuality and gender, Gloria prepares to dance the Can Can one last time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten and performed by the pioneering Claire Dowie, \u003ci\u003eWhen I Fall If I Fall\u003c\/i\u003e tells Gloria's story, a story about growing up feeling different and not fitting in... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith this new work, Dowie continues her ground-breaking subversion of gender expectations and stereotypes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in August 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClaire Dowie\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer and performer with a reputation for work that defies categorisation. Originally trained as a dancer, she started writing poetry (published by Faber and Apples and Snakes) and quickly gained a reputation as an outspoken and hilarious stand up comic on the cabaret circuit in the early eighties. She felt limited by the need for punchlines and started writing plays, inventing her own genre: stand up theatre.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 July 2019\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\u003e9781350141667\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\u003e48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332756471948,"sku":"9781350141667","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_cf7ac81c-a57f-40ec-9e7d-2558984f00da.jpg?v=1783605491","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350141667","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}