{"product_id":"9781408114780","title":"Stephens Plays: 2: One Minute; Country Music; Motortown; Pornography; Sea Wall","description":"This second collection of plays by Simon Stephens, winner of the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play for \u003ci\u003eOn the Shore of the Wide World\u003c\/i\u003e, perfectly showcases the development of one of the most exciting and impressive theatre talents of recent years. The range of plays in this volume displays a tough sensibility and a courage to confront the more unsettling challenges of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Minute\u003c\/i\u003e, first produced in 2003 and revived in London in 2008, has an uncomfortable resonance as it follows five characters variously affected by the disappearance of Daisy, an 11-year-old girl, from Seven Dials, Covent Garden. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Music\u003c\/i\u003e spotlights four fateful moments in the life of Jamie Carris during and after the prison sentences he has served for glassing one man and for killing another. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotortown\u003c\/i\u003e, written in response to the War on Terror, is a blistering account of a young soldier's return home from Basra to an England he no longer recognises or connects with. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePornography\u003c\/i\u003e captures Britain as it crashes from the euphoria and promise of the 2012 Olympics announcement into the devastation of the London bombings of 7\/7. \u003cbr\u003eThe final play, \u003ci\u003eSea Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, is a one-act monologue about grief, following the drowning of a young child.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127539384560,"sku":"9781408114780","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408114780_p0.jpg?v=1763718509","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408114780","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}