{"product_id":"penhall-plays-2-blue-orange-dumb-show-wild-turkey-9780713689433","title":"Penhall Plays: 2: Blue\/Orange; Dumb Show; Wild Turkey","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joe Penhall\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenhall's 1994 play \u003ci\u003eSome Voices\u003c\/i\u003e was described as 'the most thrilling playwriting debut in years' by the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has consistently lived up to and exceeded that early promise as the plays in this second volume of his work testify. Characterised by a taut mood, a grappling with moral dilemmas, and tough, eloquent dialogue, punctuated by outrageously comic moments, the plays in this volume are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue\/Orange: \u003c\/i\u003e An incendiary tale of race, madness and power set in a psychiatric hospital. \u003ci\u003e'Britain's best new play since Michael Frayn's Copenhagen ... thrillingly original' Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDumb Show \u003c\/i\u003esees TV star Barry caught in a tense game of manipulation and entrapment in this satire on the fame game and the media industry: \u003ci\u003e'Penhall brings the same sharpness and wit to Dumb Show that he did to his hugely successful Blue\/Orange' The Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e (1993): a characteristically taut work about the acrimonious relationships of people in a late-night burger bar. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'More than any of his peers Penhall has shown a rare aptitude for confronting headline issues of the day, using his gift of the gab as a dramatist to interrogate their underlying complexities and contradictions' Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45085695606935,"sku":"9780713689433","price":2657.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780713689433.webp?v=1767265310","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/penhall-plays-2-blue-orange-dumb-show-wild-turkey-9780713689433","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}