{"product_id":"9781408172674","title":"Shallow Slumber","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eShallow Slumber\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChris Lee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShallow Slumber\u003c\/i\u003e is a new play by award-winning writer and social worker Chris Lee, exploring therelationship between a young mother and a social worker.\u003cbr\u003eDawn never thought motherhood would feel like this. Moira never thought she'd have a case like this. Unfolding backwards to the heart-rending moment when everything changed, \u003ci\u003eShallow Slumber\u003c\/i\u003e looks past the headlines to the lives beneath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe play tackles the topical and thorny issue of social care, intervention and trust in a contemporary and relevant social setting. Inspired by the Baby P tragedy, this powerful two-hander has an intricate, innovative structure which disturbingly charts the onset of abuse backwards, from contrition and repentance, to the breakdown of the maternal relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith heart-wrenchingly realistic portraits and dialogue which combines fluidity with tightness, \u003ci\u003eShallow \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlumber\u003c\/i\u003e is an accomplished piece of writing, both structurally and emotionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eChris Lee is an Irish playwright based in London. His plays plays include \u003ci\u003eHummingbird\u003c\/i\u003e (The Old Red Lion, 1996), \u003ci\u003eThe Optimist's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (Finborough Theatre, 1997), \u003ci\u003eEat the Enemy \u003c\/i\u003e(The Old Red Lion, 199 9, and in the US, at TheaterLab, Houston, Texas), \u003ci\u003eThe Electrocution Of Children\u003c\/i\u003e (Peacock, Dublin, 19 98) for which he won the Stewart Parker New Playwright Award, and T\u003ci\u003ehe Map Maker's Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e (1999 also at the Peacock). In 1999 he was appointed Writer-in-Association with the Abbey Theatre. In 2000 he was awarded a Pearson New Playwright's Bursary for an attachment to the Finborough. His fifth play \u003ci\u003eOn Line \u0026amp; Paranoid in the Sentimental City\u003c\/i\u003e (Finborough Theatre, 2000) and\u003ci\u003e Vermilion Dream\u003c\/i\u003e (Salisbury Playhouse, 2004).\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\u003e9781408172674\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":51331368583308,"sku":"9781408172674","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ab4c542f-eacc-4b1d-9090-2dea33889846.jpg?v=1783596150","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781408172674","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}