{"product_id":"9781408135648","title":"Earthquakes in London","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's\u003c\/i\u003e Cabaret, \u003ci\u003ewe've got our heads down and we're dancing and drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time it doesn't have guns and gas it has storms and earthquakes, fire and brimstone....  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou were the glimmer. At the end of the tunnel. And you went out.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarthquakes in London\u003c\/i\u003e includes burlesque strip shows, bad dreams, social breakdown, population explosion, worldwide paranoia. It is a fast and furious metropolitan crash of people, scenes and decades, as three sisters attempt to navigate their dislocated lives and loves, while their dysfunctional father, a brilliant scientist, predicts global catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Bartlett's contemporary and directed dialogue combines a strong sense of humanity with epic ambition, as well as finely-aimed shafts of political comment embedded effortlessly into every scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156641792240,"sku":"9781408135648","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408135648_p0.jpg?v=1763718006","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408135648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}