{"product_id":"9781408158708","title":"Mongrel Island","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMongrel Island\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEd Harris\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie is losing herself in her grey office existence, trapped by endless piles of paperwork and the same people saying the same things every single day.  But as she is forced to work later and later into the night, she discovers a deeply strange twilight world where a new possibility for rescuing her sanity is illuminated by the fluorescent office lights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommissioned  by Soho Theatre and written by up-and-coming writer Ed Harris, \u003ci\u003eMongrel  Island\u003c\/i\u003e explores the mind and memory, offering a perspective of how the workplace can strip away our humanity.  Combining madcap, surreal humour with an indictment of the corporate world's subjugation of  individualism, \u003ci\u003eMongrel Island \u003c\/i\u003eis a bittersweet, touching and  darkly humourous play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEd Harris is a Brighton-based playwright and poet. His stage plays include \u003ci\u003eNever Ever After\u003c\/i\u003e (Chalkfoot Theatre Arts, shortlisted for the 2008 Meyer-Whitworth Award), \u003ci\u003eLucy \u003c\/i\u003e(Academy of Creative Training\/NYT) and \u003ci\u003eThe Cow Play\u003c\/i\u003e (UK tour, Squaremoon\/Farnham Maltings). For radio, Ed has written numerous critically-acclaimed plays for BBC Radio 4 in recent years, and he was shortlisted for the Tinniswood Award in 2010 for \u003ci\u003eThe Moment You Feel It\u003c\/i\u003e. His first radio series will be broadcast in 2012.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 May 2013\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\u003e9781408158708\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\u003e96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331365273740,"sku":"9781408158708","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7f24ed8f-b960-4b2d-89ee-cbde27cd0211.jpg?v=1783596141","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781408158708","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}