{"product_id":"rita-sue-and-bob-too-a-state-affair-9780413757005","title":"Rita, Sue and Bob Too\/A State Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrea Dunbar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Methuen Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Methuen Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally commissioned by Max Stafford-Clark for the Royal Court in 1982, \u003ci\u003eRita, Sue and Bob Too\u003c\/i\u003e caused a sensation on its first performance for its frank portrayal of child sexuality in a northern town; the fact that the play was based on the writer's own experience only added to the furore. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEighteen years later, Stafford-Clarke returned with a group of actors to the Bradford estates that Andrea knew. \u003ci\u003eA State Affair \u003c\/i\u003eby Robin Soans is a record of what they found. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A genius straight from the slums' - Shelagh Delaney (on Andrea Dunbar) \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This is life, the facts are there... these things do go on - maybe not in every circle, but certainly in mine' - Andrea Dunbar, \u003ci\u003eYorkshire Post\u003c\/i\u003e, 1986. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut of Joint's production of \u003ci\u003eRita, Sue and Bob Too\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA State Affair\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre in October 2000.","brand":"Methuen Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45086105927831,"sku":"9780413757005","price":1549.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780413757005.webp?v=1767265752","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rita-sue-and-bob-too-a-state-affair-9780413757005","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}