{"product_id":"9781474277396","title":"Waste","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWaste\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHarley Granville Barker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA scandal half-stifled is worse than a scandal. One is at everybody's mercy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBackstage at a hung parliament, visionary Independent Henry Trebell is co-opted by the Tories to push through a controversial Bill. Pursuing his cause with missionary zeal, he's barely distracted by his brief affair with a married woman until she suffers a lethal backstreet abortion. Threatened by public scandal, the Establishment closes ranks and coolly seals the fate of an idealistic man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamously banned by the censors in 1907, Harley Granville Barker's controversial masterpiece gathers a large ensemble to expose a cut-throat, cynical world of sex, sleaze and suicide amongst the political elite of Edwardian England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was published for the National Theatre's revival in November 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHarley Granville Barker (1877-1946) was the most brilliant  British  director of the first quarter of the twentieth century. His  best known  plays, including \u003ci\u003eWaste \u003c\/i\u003e(banned by the Lord  Chamberlain), were  written as contributions to his Company's repertoire  of provocative  modern drama for a subsidised national theatre, a cause  he championed  in his book \u003ci\u003eA National Theatre: Scheme and Estimates\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWaste \u003c\/i\u003ewas  first presented by the Stage Society in 1907, before being revised and  produced at the Westminster Theatre in 1936. Other plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Madras House\u003c\/i\u003e, first produced at Duke of York's Theatre, 1910; \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e His Majesty\u003c\/i\u003e, which received its first production at the Edinburgh International Festival by Orange Tree Theatre Company in 1992.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 November 2015\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\u003e9781474277396\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\u003e4.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332260364428,"sku":"9781474277396","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_eec8ed54-89e7-42d5-98a3-01204aed9abf.jpg?v=1783602556","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474277396","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}