{"product_id":"9781474260138","title":"Stephens Plays: 4: Three Kingdoms; The Trial of Ubu; Morning; Carmen Disruption","description":"Four plays inspired by and originating on the European stage from one of Britain's most important playwrights.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e  was presented at Teater NO99 in Tallinn, Estonia on 17 September  2011, before opening at the Munich  Kammerspiele, Germany, on 15 October  2011. 'An inconsolable mood of  dread, abandon, violence and suspicion  lurks beneath the show's skin of  arty insouciance, and at times the  script attains a lyrical pitch of  accusation against the West that quite  overrides the flippancy. There's  something of value here.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Ubu\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the Schauspielhaus Essen in a co-production with   the Toneelgroep Amsterdam. 'The play certainly gets at the banality of   evil, and evokes the slow, sometimes dull, often uncertain slog of   justice.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSubtitled 'A Play For Young People', \u003ci\u003eMorning \u003c\/i\u003ewas developed in partnership between the Lyric Hammersmith, London, and the Junges Theater, Göttingen. The \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e described it as 'theatrically daring and uncompromising'; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarmen Disruption\u003c\/i\u003e, a reimagining of Bizet's opera, premiered  at  the Deutsche Spielhaus in spring, 2014, before its UK premiere at the Almeida, London, in April 2015. 'You can't help but be moved  by  the circumstances facing the five main characters. There's an   understanding and a compassion amid the bleakness. And a fierce sense   that something needs to change.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e;","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130677149936,"sku":"9781474260138","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781474260138_p0.jpg?v=1763604736","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781474260138","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}