{"product_id":"9781472574411","title":"The Romans in Britain","description":"First staged at London's National Theatre in 1980, having been commissioned by Peter Hall, \u003ci\u003eThe Romans in Britain\u003c\/i\u003e contrasts Julius Caesar's Roman invasion of Celtic Britain with the Saxon invasion of Romano-Celtic Britain, and finally Britain's involvement in Northern Ireland during The Troubles of the late twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs these scenes bleed into one another, Brenton suggests what it  might have been like for these people to meet. Three Roman soldiers  sexually assault a young druid priest. A lone, wounded Saxon soldier  stumbles into a field, a nightmare made real. An army intelligence  officer begins to lose his mind in the Irish fields. Brenton's sinewy  vernaculars summon a lost history of cultural collision and oppression,  of fear and sorrow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition features an introduction by Philip Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Drama \u0026amp; Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds, and a foreword by director Sam West.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184511959280,"sku":"9781472574411","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472574411_p0.jpg?v=1763598433","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472574411","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}