{"product_id":"9781350181885","title":"Hero of the People","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHero of the People\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrad Birch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo you know what I believe in? I believe in us. Me and you, right here. This town was once an incredible place. We have to have courage to fight for it again.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHero or enemy? Who can actually tell the difference?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything is going to be fine, better than fine, in fact there's nothing that can't be achieved if everyone just believes a little. That's what the town's MP, Mick, thinks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe's optimistic, positively boosterish about his plan for the town. He just wants the naysayers to pipe down. But there's a problem. His sister, Dr Rhiannon Powell, has discovered that the project appears to be polluting the town's water supply. Mick sold the town a story about the future, but what will happen when reality looks to tear that story apart?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs Mick a hero of the people, or is he in fact their enemy? Brad Birch's bold new reimagining of Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eAn Enemy of the People\u003c\/i\u003e pits the personal against the political and facts against emotion. \u003ci\u003eA Hero of the People\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping contemporary drama for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBrad Birch\u003c\/b\u003e's theatre work includes \u003ci\u003eBlack Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e for Paines Plough, Theatr Clwyd and the Orange Tree; \u003ci\u003eThis Must be the Place\u003c\/i\u003e for Poleroid at the VAULT Festival; \u003ci\u003eThe Brink\u003c\/i\u003e at the Orange Tree; \u003ci\u003eThe Endless Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e at the RWCMD; \u003ci\u003eTender Bolus\u003c\/i\u003e at the Royal Exchange and Schauspielhaus, Hamburg; \u003ci\u003eGardening for the Unfulfilled and Alienated \u003c\/i\u003efor Undeb at the Edinburgh Festival; \u003ci\u003eSoap Opera, Where the Shot Rabbits Lay\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePermafrost\u003c\/i\u003e at the Royal Court; \u003ci\u003eEven Stillness Breathes Softly Against a Brick Wall\u003c\/i\u003e at Soho Theatre; \u003ci\u003eLight Arrested Between the Curtain and the Glass\u003c\/i\u003e at Sherman Cymru. He won the Pick of the Year Award at the VAULT festival in 2017, the Harold Pinter Commission in 2016 and the Fringe First Award in 2013. He is currently under commission at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Court.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 June 2022\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\u003e9781350181885\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\u003e88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333842370700,"sku":"9781350181885","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a903550c-f237-46ef-9163-695a320f7ccb.jpg?v=1783616658","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350181885","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}