{"product_id":"9781472524553","title":"Barking in Essex","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBarking in Essex\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClive Exton\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreedom finally beckons for Algie Packer, Essex's most notorious gangster. He's done seven years inside and now he's coming home to collect his reward – £3,672,000 in untraceable notes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut there's something Algie's family have forgotten to mention . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Packers are Essex's lovable, but most dysfunctional family. Witness their desperate attempts to cover their tracks before Algie arrives to collect what is rightfully his.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarking In Essex\u003c\/i\u003e is a riotously funny comedy by Clive Exton, published and produced for the first time in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClive Exton \u003c\/b\u003ewas a London-born screenwriter and playwright. His writing credits include the highly-acclaimed film \u003ci\u003e10 Rillington Place\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003ePoirot \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJeeves and Wooster\u003c\/i\u003e. Exton wrote the new book for the PG Wodehouse original for a musical based on \u003ci\u003eDamsels in Distress\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a new stage comedy \u003ci\u003eTwixt\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered in Paris in 1996 and played in Munich, Berlin, Cologne, Milan, Rome, Naples and Florence. He also adapted Agatha Christie's \u003ci\u003eMurder is Easy\u003c\/i\u003e for a production at the Duke of York Theatre. Productions of his own plays, \u003ci\u003eNeddy and Bumps\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBarking In Essex\u003c\/i\u003e, were being planned at the time of his death in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 November 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\u003e9781472524553\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\u003e104\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":51331385458828,"sku":"9781472524553","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7f2034bf-875c-43cd-be61-19ee79e29164.jpg?v=1783596263","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781472524553","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}