{"product_id":"9781350355903","title":"Dead Cats","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDead Cats\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndrew Westerside\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn rooms like this room people lie. Not little \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003elies, the kinds of lies that kill people, or \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eworse…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this room, or in rooms like this room, they use phrases like collateral damage, like extraordinary rendition, like perception management. They cover up their dirty words with clean ones, in rooms like this room. In rooms like this room, they redact the names.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn rooms like this room, language is laundered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe name of the game is spin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDead Cats is the third contemporary theatre work in Proto-type's critically acclaimed Truth to Power Project, following on from \u003ci\u003eA Machine They're Secretly Building\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Audit\u003c\/i\u003e – a socially-engaged exploration of power, democracy, truth-telling, protest, privacy, conspiracy, and control. It blends new writing, performance, film-making, and an obvious plant, to show – not tell – the truths behind the fictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAndrew Westerside\u003c\/b\u003e is co-artistic director of Proto-type Theater, a company of multi-disciplinary artists who have been making and touring original performance work in the UK, the Netherlands, Russia, China, Armenia, France, Zimbabwe and the US since 1997. Critics have called their work 'an intriguing brush with altered reality' (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and 'enthralling' (\u003ci\u003eZambezi News\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 October 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\u003e9781350355903\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\u003e64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369594257548,"sku":"9781350355903","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_91f1cbf3-85ab-4e71-a690-5bdd5288f733.jpg?v=1783879762","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350355903","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}