{"product_id":"9781474227582","title":"Land of our Fathers","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLand of our Fathers\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChris Urch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I can't believe we're arguing over a Blue Riband\"\u003cbr\u003e\"I can't believe we're stuck down a mine.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Yet here we are\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3rd May 1979, South Wales. Thatcher is counting her votes, Sid Vicious is spinning in his grave, and six Welsh miners are trapped down a coal mine. Within two weeks everything these men believe in and everything they know will have changed. A darkly comic drama looking at the dramatic two weeks in which a group of Welsh miners are trapped underground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris Urch's debut full-length play is packed full of blistering comedy and summons a generation of lost voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Urch \u003c\/b\u003etrained as an actor at Drama Centre. In 2011 he was  longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize. In February 2012 he was selected  from over 800 submissions as one of the 503Five, an 18-month playwriting  residency with Theatre503. Since then, he has graduated from the Royal  Court's Young Writers Programme. He has also participated in the Old  Vic's 24-hour plays (2012) as one of six writers selected, and in 2011  Theatre503 staged \u003ci\u003eMarried to the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Girl Like You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVote of No Confidence\u003c\/i\u003e. Other writing credits include \u003ci\u003eYou Get Me?\u003c\/i\u003e (Bush) and \u003ci\u003eG.L.O.R.Y \u003c\/i\u003e(Canal Café Theatre). Earlier this year, Chris's play \u003ci\u003eVote of No Confidence\u003c\/i\u003e  was the first to be hand-picked by Howard Brenton to launch The  Playwright Presents, a new initiative at Theatre503 in which established  playwrights help launch the career of a promising new writer.  \u003ci\u003eLand of our Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e is Chris Urch's debut full-length play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 September 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\u003e9781474227582\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\u003e128\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332036690060,"sku":"9781474227582","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_35d393af-7453-4bb2-a970-e3b57200f6e5.jpg?v=1783601118","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474227582","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}