{"product_id":"9781350184893","title":"Neaptide","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eNeaptide\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSarah Daniels\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eNeaptide\u003c\/i\u003e races from domestic trauma to \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003estaff-room\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e banter … it bursts with provocative ideas and disturbing questions about human relationships. Most important, it shows that the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efacade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e of liberalism and emancipation is merely a translucent gloss.” \u003ci\u003eJewish Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire is a history teacher at a local school where two teenage girls have come out. Their principal, Bea Grimble, is none too impressed, and aims to have them expelled. Claire, who had been hiding the fact that she is homosexual, speaks up on behalf of the girls: this in spite of the fact that she is fighting her ex-husband Lawrence for custody of their daughter, the precocious and happy Poppy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll around Claire hardened attitudes are challenged – and confirmed – as she must decide whether to try to maintain a position of honesty, and battle hypocrisy, from within the bounds of the law, or without.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA modern story of custody battles, sexual identity and gender politics, framed around the ancient myth of Demeter and her daughter Persephone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeaptide\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the 1982 George Devine Award and became the first play by a living female writer to be performed at the National Theatre, London, in 1986.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Modern Classics edition feature a new introduction by Dr Carina Bartleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSarah Daniels\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eRipen Our Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1981); \u003ci\u003eMa's Flesh is Grass\u003c\/i\u003e (Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield, 1981); \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Gateway\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1983); \u003ci\u003eMasterpieces \u003c\/i\u003e(Manchester Royal Exchange, 1983; Royal Court Theatre, London, 1983\/4); \u003ci\u003eNeaptide\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1982 George Devine Award (Cottesloe, National Theatre, London, 1986); \u003ci\u003eByrthrite \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1986); \u003ci\u003eThe Gut Girls\u003c\/i\u003e (Albany Empire, Deptford, 1988);\u003ci\u003e Beside Herself\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court, London, 1990); \u003ci\u003eHead-Rot Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e (Clean Break Theatre Company, 1992); \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of Esme and Shaz\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1994); \u003ci\u003eBlow Your House Down\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the novel by Pat Barker (Live Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1995); \u003ci\u003eDust \u003c\/i\u003e(Cottesloe, National Theatre, London, 2003); and \u003ci\u003eFlying Under Bridges\u003c\/i\u003e (Watford Palace Theatre, 2005).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 February 2021\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\u003e9781350184893\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\u003e120\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332928995468,"sku":"9781350184893","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e07dd54a-40d9-43a1-99bb-0da85602802c.jpg?v=1783607425","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350184893","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}