{"product_id":"9781472517340","title":"Neilson Plays: 2: Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness!; The Lying Kind; The Wonderful World of Dissocia; Realism","description":"In the 1990s playwright Anthony Neilson garnered a reputation for hard-hitting, morally disturbing plays that saw him labelled as one of the 'In Yer Face' dramatists who emerged from that decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis second volume of plays showcases the comic, surreal and gloriously off-kilter side of his more recent work. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(Theatre Royal, Plymouth, 2002)\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003emixes Victorian melodrama with a catalogue of grotesque comic tales; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lying Kind \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(Royal Court, 2002), a black farce set at Christmas involving two hapless policeman who must break news of tragedy to an elderly couple, 'often reduced much of the audience to tears of laughter' (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e). Produced originally for the 2004 Edinburgh International Festival, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful World of Dissocia \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewowed critics and audiences alike. A hugely original play inspired by \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, it is both magical and moving and \u003cb\u003econfirmed Neilson as one of the major voices in contemporary British Theatre\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRealism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003epremiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2006. It follows the life of one man during an ordinary day but veers off to become a deliriously surreal trip inside his wayward imagination. It was described by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eas a 'bold and utterly distinctive all-singing, all-dancing show, \u003cb\u003elike nothing else you'll ever see\u003c\/b\u003e'. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166534811888,"sku":"9781472517340","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472517340_p0.jpg?v=1763598168","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472517340","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}