{"product_id":"9781408160534","title":"'Ten Plagues' and 'The Coronation of Poppea'","description":"\u003ci\u003eIn London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCame the plague in sixteen sixty five\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne hundred thousand dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut I alive.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon is infected. The dead fall in the streets. As the plague pits fill, the people of London struggle to maintain a society in the face of overwhelming mortality. Based on eye-witness accounts from 1665 and drawing poetic parallels with modern epidemics, \u003ci\u003eTen Plagues\u003c\/i\u003e relates one man's journey through a city in crisis.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold entirely through a series of songs, \u003ci\u003eTen Plagues \u003c\/i\u003eexplores humanity's struggle with sickness and death and celebrates our capacity for survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume also contains \u003ci\u003eThe Coronation of Poppea\u003c\/i\u003e, a new version of Monteverdi's opera depicting the triumphant adultery between Poppea and Roman Emperor Nero. Tackling this tale of epic lives, Ravenhill updates Tacitus' scathing portrayal of decadence and imperial degeneracy with language which is contemporary, spare and brutally powerful. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking opera librettos as a foundation, this volume presents two texts for modern music theatre by the seminally controversial playwright Mark Ravenhill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Ravenhill's introduction to the volume explains the inspiration and writing process behind the two pieces.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126093824240,"sku":"9781408160534","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408160534_p0.jpg?v=1763718127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408160534","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}