{"product_id":"murphy-plays-6-the-cherry-orchard-she-stoops-to-folly-the-drunkard-the-last-days-of-a-reluctant-tyrant-9781408123881","title":"Murphy Plays: 6: The Cherry Orchard; She Stoops to Folly; The Drunkard; The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tom Murphy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurphy Plays: 6 \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together four plays by the author inspired by other great works of literature: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e: In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history and in the society around them. Tom Murphy's fine vernacular version allows us to re-imagine the events of the play in the last days of Anglo-Irish colonialism. It gives this great play vivid new life within our own history and social consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe Stoops to Folly\u003c\/i\u003e: Modelled on Oliver Goldsmith's classic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Vicar of Wakefield\u003c\/i\u003e, Murphy builds a comedy peopled with thieves, pimps, bawds, lechers and imposters who will prey on innocence unless God - or the ruling class - takes a hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drunkard\u003c\/i\u003e is inspired by the American temperance play first performed in 1844 and attributed to W. H. Smith and A gentleman. A drama in five acts, it was perhaps the most popular play produced in the United States before the dramatization of \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1850s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn epic family drama, shot through with dark humour, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tragic story of a family disintegrating, having lost its moral values and is inspired by \u003ci\u003eThe Golovlyov Family\u003c\/i\u003e by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. It follows Arina who rises from servant girl to matriarch controlling a vast family estate and empire until she slackens her hold and loses her power to the hypocrisy and relentless grasping of her chosen son.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45085307699351,"sku":"9781408123881","price":2703.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781408123881.webp?v=1767265073","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/murphy-plays-6-the-cherry-orchard-she-stoops-to-folly-the-drunkard-the-last-days-of-a-reluctant-tyrant-9781408123881","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}