{"product_id":"9781350005969","title":"Lustgarten Plays: 1: A Day At the Racists; If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep; Black Jesus; Shrapnel: 34 Fragments of a Massacre; Kingmakers; The Insurgents","description":"The first play collection from Anders Lustgarten, \"perhaps  Britain's most visible and visibly engaged political playwright\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out London)\u003c\/i\u003e, containing plays from the start of his career up to 2015\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewith the most recent play in the collection, \u003ci\u003eShrapnel\u003c\/i\u003e, and one previously unpublished play.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe volume includes an introduction by the playwright.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Day at the Racists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (2010, Finborough Theatre) is a devastatingly timely  examination of the rise of the BNP in London, which attempts to understand why people might be drawn to the BNP and  diagnoses the deeper cause of that attraction: the political abandonment  and betrayal of the working class by New Labour. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court Theatre, 2013) offers an exploration of our current government's politics of austerity and a look at possible alternatives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e (Finborough Theatre, 2013) unpicks the political complexities of Zimbabwe  through the devastating personal journeys of two very different people,  both scarred by one of Africa's most notorious dictatorships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShrapnel \u003c\/i\u003e(Arcola Theatre, 2015)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etakes as its subject The Roboski massacre is one of the most controversial episodes in the  'war on terror'. Piecing together the fragments of the tragedy, Anders  Lustgarten's startling new play dares to ask what a massacre is made of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKingmakers \u003c\/i\u003e(Salisbury Playhouse, 2015) imagines ten years after  the signing of Magna Carta when the barons' takeover isn't quite going  to plan. With the peasants grumbling about enormous castles and broken  promises, the threat of rebellion hangs in the air. This play has not  previously been published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Insurgents \u003c\/i\u003e(Finborough Theatre, 2007) is Anders Lustgarten's look at contemporary London and its class divide. Private equity has turned the city into a high-fenced playground for a tax-exempt, big business elite. This play has not previously been published.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136533086448,"sku":"9781350005969","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781350005969_p0.jpg?v=1763710775","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781350005969","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}