{"product_id":"9781408125700","title":"Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness","description":"'Ladies and gentlemen, as some of you may know, my name is Edward Gant: prodigy, soldier, traveller, poet - but always and ever a showman.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1881, the famed and enigmatic impresario Mr Edward Gant presented his renowned travelling show for the final time. The opiate-addicted actor manager showcased his troupe creating a spectacle of grotesquery, black comedy, mystery and magic realism. Over a century later, playwright Anthony Neilson has reconstructed this intriguing and fantastic historical event in a theatrical piece that combines the melodrama and extravagance with the painful loneliness that characterised a Victorian freak show. Neilson's play offers a strange and beautiful exploration of sadness and mortality, probing even the nature of theatre itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Without further ado, I present for your astonishment the Extraordinary! The Terrible! The AMAZING FEATS OF LONELINESS.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e was first produced at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth, in 2002, and was revived by Headlong Theatre and the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, in February 2009.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126091727088,"sku":"9781408125700","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408125700_p0.jpg?v=1763718524","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408125700","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}