{"product_id":"romance-9780413775580","title":"Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Natalie Newman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhilarating courtroom farce from America's finest playwright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRomance is an uproarious courtroom farce which lampoons the American judicial system and exposes the hypocrisy surrounding personal prejudices and political correctness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWildly humorous and often gob-smackingly outrageous, the play is set in a modern-day courtroom in New York during a week when there are Middle East peace talks being brokered in town. The court case at hand is unrelated, but the defendant and counsel come up with a plan to solve the conflict in the region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pill-popping judge, a defendant and lawyer (on the same side) who hate each other, and a prosecutor with a troubled personal life are part of the picture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new comedy from 'the finest American playwright of his generation' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A deliriously funny David Mamet farce' Associated Press\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An exhilarating spectacle. Mamet is a connoisseur of fiasco, knows all about legal punctilio, and he has great fun bringing mayhem to the ritual' New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished to tie-in with the play's European premiere at the Almeida Theatre, opening 6th September 2005\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45086122246295,"sku":"9780413775580","price":1654.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780413775580.webp?v=1767265766","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/romance-9780413775580","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}