{"product_id":"9781472592798","title":"Tender Loving Care","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTender Loving Care\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eVickie Donoghue\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy brother's trying to win the war. He's fighting. We should be fighting. I'm brilliant at fighting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune 5, 1944, Southsea Beach. A girl named Poppy stands on the precipice of history. Tomorrow is the biggest day of her life: D-Day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong with her friend Evie, Poppy finds herself volunteering in a Southsea hospital, preparing for the arrival of casualties of the D-Day landings. Poppy has always wanted to be a war hero, but instead finds herself being asked to do the unthinkable –     provide a German prisoner of war with compassionate and tender care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully written play about the role of women on the Home Front during the Second World War, \u003ci\u003eTender Loving Care\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the Square Tower Portsmouth in June 2014, in a production by The New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVickie Donoghue \u003c\/b\u003egraduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Plays and  Screenplays) at City University in September 2009. A rehearsed reading  of her MA piece \u003ci\u003eTalk for England \u003c\/i\u003etook place at RADA in March 2010. Her first short play \u003ci\u003eOne Last Wave\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the three finalists of the 2005 Windsor Fringe Marriott Award. She was Dramaturg for \u003ci\u003eThe Caroline Carter Show \u003c\/i\u003eby Flick Ferdinando which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2011. \u003ci\u003eMudlarks,\u003c\/i\u003e her first full-length play, was first performed at the HighTide Festival on 4 May 2012. Vickie Donoghue is a writer on attachment with Escalator Plays at HighTide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 June 2014\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\u003e9781472592798\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\u003e80\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":51332033347724,"sku":"9781472592798","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_1b2b3166-d892-4f0f-8754-73097341b42d.jpg?v=1783601076","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781472592798","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}