{"product_id":"9780956501370","title":"MAN-MONKEYS: From Regency Pantomime to King Kong","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first and only book about the man-monkey phenomenon and its major stars. From the first stage play to feature a chimpanzee as a character back in 1801 to the present-day popular film franchises of ‘\u003cem\u003eKing Kong’ \u003c\/em\u003eand ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Planet of the Apes’\u003c\/em\u003e, many actors have played apes and gorillas – some rising to stardom earning top money, others coming to a sadder and more tragic end. Men-in-fur like the ill-fated Parsloe who fell from fame in London to suffer an early and lonely death in America, the irascible almost legless trouble-maker Hervio Nano, Teasdale who found God in prison after stabbing his wife, and the simpleton East End potboy who was transformed into Monsieur Gouffe attracting the \u003cem\u003ebon ton\u003c\/em\u003e of London and making a fortune. Within these pages you will find some of the oddest, most unfortunate, ill-requited, and doomed performers who ever chose to tread the boards – the artistes known as ‘man-monkeys’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vesper Hawk Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50091594514672,"sku":"9780956501370","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780956501370","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}