{"product_id":"waste-9781474277396","title":"Waste","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Harley Granville Granville Barker\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\u003eA scandal half-stifled is worse than a scandal. One is at everybody's mercy.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBackstage at a hung parliament, visionary Independent Henry Trebell is co-opted by the Tories to push through a controversial Bill. Pursuing his cause with missionary zeal, he's barely distracted by his brief affair with a married woman until she suffers a lethal backstreet abortion. Threatened by public scandal, the Establishment closes ranks and coolly seals the fate of an idealistic man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFamously banned by the censors in 1907, Harley Granville Barker's controversial masterpiece gathers a large ensemble to expose a cut-throat, cynical world of sex, sleaze and suicide amongst the political elite of Edwardian England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published for the National Theatre's revival in November 2015.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088290242711,"sku":"9781474277396","price":1540.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474277396.webp?v=1767143159","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/waste-9781474277396","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}