{"product_id":"truths-a-dog-must-to-kennel-9781350425125","title":"Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tim Crouch\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - Playwriting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd that's the moment when I leave.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe moment when the jokes fail us. When \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI fail. I fail.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis precise moment here, look, see with \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eyour ears.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Fool leaves \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e before the blinding. Before the killing starts. Before the ice-creams in the interval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his new solo work, playwright Tim Crouch draws on ideas of virtual reality to send the Fool back to the future of the play that he left. Back to a world without moral leadership or integrity; a world where wealth covers vice; where the poor are dehumanised; where the jokes fall flat; where live art has become the privilege of the few. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruth's a Dog Must to Kennel\u003c\/i\u003e is a daringly unaccommodating piece of theatre that switches between scathingly funny stand-up and an audacious act of collective imagining. \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e meets stand-up meets the metaverse. Crouch's previous celebrated works include \u003ci\u003eAn Oak Tree, The Author, Adler \u0026amp; Gibb, Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeginners\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the production at The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in August 2022.","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088066437271,"sku":"9781350425125","price":899.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350425125.webp?v=1767641278","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/truths-a-dog-must-to-kennel-9781350425125","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}