{"product_id":"9781350011922","title":"Harriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing","description":"\u003ci\u003eWhat you haven't realised is that I sew to aid my thought processes.  Look – \u003c\/i\u003eneedle \u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003e stab – stitch – thought. Needle – stab \u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003e stitch \u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003e thought. \u003ci\u003eSo next time you see a woman demurely sewing a sampler, be very, very wary. God knows what she may be planning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHarriet Martineau (1802–1876) was a social theorist who is often credited as being the first female sociologist. In \u003ci\u003eHarriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e, Shelagh Stephenson depicts the great writer in a period of convalescence, living as an invalid by the sea in Tynemouth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShut off from her usual society, Harriet is visited by women of the locale; Impie, a recent widow who is using her new-found marital freedom to paint murals on the ceilings of her family home; Beulah, the daughter of a woman who'd been sold into slavery and escaped; and Jane, the housemaid, whose unfeted and unexpected gifts lift her out of domestic servitude and could help Harriet out of illness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarriet Martineau\u003c\/i\u003e is a play about female self-reliance in a time of patriarchal dominance. Written by Shelagh Stephenson, it premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle, in winter 2016.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122805948656,"sku":"9781350011922","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781350011922_p0.jpg?v=1763711503","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781350011922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}