{"product_id":"9781408147283","title":"Impossible Plays: Adventures with the Cottesloe Company","description":"Bill Bryden's Cottesloe Company, which flourished at Peter Hall's\u003cbr\u003eNational Theatre, was the English theatre's only true ensemble of the\u003cbr\u003elast thirty or so years. \u003ci\u003eImpossible Plays\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of\u003cbr\u003ethe company and the many actors and musicians connected to it.\u003cbr\u003eCo-written by Keith Dewhurst, author of eight plays for the group, and\u003cbr\u003eJack Shepherd, a founder-actor, it explains the ideas behind the\u003cbr\u003ecompany's work and how the work was staged, and provides an\u003cbr\u003eidiosyncratic, lively and deeply personal take on the company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The search was always to find a popular theatre, a form of\u003cbr\u003etheatre that would draw into it people from all backgrounds, not just\u003cbr\u003ethe cultured and the educated.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeginning with a Royal Court Theatre Sunday night performance in\u003cbr\u003e1970, the story of one company's aim to create a popular theatre form\u003cbr\u003eincludes such milestone productions as \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery \u003c\/i\u003ecycle of plays and \u003ci\u003eLark Rise to Candleford.\u003c\/i\u003e With photographs by John Haynes, Michael Mayhew and Nobby Clark, \u003ci\u003eImpossible Plays \u003c\/i\u003eis a glorious and timely tribute to one of theatre's most innovative companies.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121828643056,"sku":"9781408147283","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408147283_p0.jpg?v=1763717961","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408147283","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}