{"product_id":"fine-balance-9780713688238","title":"Fine Balance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sudha (ADP)\/ Landon-Smith, Kristine (ADP) Bhuchar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the Booker-shortlisted novel by Rohinton Mistry and\u003cbr\u003eadapted by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith, this programme text\u003cbr\u003eedition of \u003ci\u003eA Fine Balance \u003c\/i\u003eis published to coincide with Tamasha Theatre Company's 2007 revival and tour of the hit play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndia, 1975, and a callous government has declared a State of Emergency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these uncertain times a spirited Parsi widow\u003cbr\u003edetermined to avoid a second marriage takes a student boarder and two\u003cbr\u003eHindu tailors into her ramshackle flat. The four strangers whose lives have\u003cbr\u003ebecome inextricably linked find themselves crossing divides of caste, \u003cbr\u003eclass and religion to form the most unexpected of friendships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced by Tamasha - creator of the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eEast is East\u003c\/i\u003e and the award-winning musical \u003ci\u003eFourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral\u003c\/i\u003e - A Fine Balance was first seen at Hampstead Theatre in 2006, where it enjoyed a sell-out run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'it tells a grim tale with wit, warmth and a keen eye for the join between public policies and private lives' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e****\u003cbr\u003e'nothing short of a miracle' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'a moving but unsentimental homage to endurance, asking for no pity, only understanding' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891799081111,"sku":"9780713688238","price":1659.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780713688238.webp?v=1781184838","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fine-balance-9780713688238","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}