{"product_id":"9781408177365","title":"Coward Plays: 6: Semi-Monde; Point Valaine; South Sea Bubble; Nude With Violin","description":"Philip Hoare, in his biography of Coward described \u003ci\u003eSemi-Monde \u003c\/i\u003eas his \"most daring play to date. In a chic Parisian hotel, a series of sexual\u003cbr\u003epairings take place through rendezvous, arguments, infidelities and\u003cbr\u003ereconciliations: sexual deviance is undisguised...set in the bisexual\u003cbr\u003e1920s, the play could easily be populated by characters of Coward's\u003cbr\u003esociety\". \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoint Valaine\u003c\/i\u003e is \"the\u003cbr\u003edrama of a lurid episode of lust in the semi-tropics.. unmistakably the\u003cbr\u003ework of a master of the stage\" (New York Times); \u003ci\u003eSouth Sea Bubble \u003c\/i\u003ewhich\u003cbr\u003econcerns \"the Governor's lady in the Isle of Samolo who plays with\u003cbr\u003enative fire, nearly gets her wings singed, bashes her native admirer\u003cbr\u003ewith a bottle and at one of those Coward next-morning-at breakfast\u003cbr\u003escenes slips her way out of the scrape with feline grace.\" (Manchester\u003cbr\u003eGuardian) whilst \u003ci\u003eNude With Violin\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty comedy about art fraud.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140665688304,"sku":"9781408177365","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408177365_p0.jpg?v=1763718994","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408177365","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}