{"product_id":"9781481783606","title":"THE PORTRAIT OF A GENIUS: A Play in Three Acts","description":"Geniuses are few and far between. Most of them will have honors and prizes showered upon them. But there will be exceptions, numerous exceptions: We donâ??t know how many because they never make it; they fall by the wayside. They believe themselves to be alone in a hostile world, unable to adapt, unable to bring their ideas to fruition. They detest their inferiors and detest even more their superiors. One such genius, a historian with acute observations about the past and the future, was immortalized by Ibsen in his play Hedda Gabler. The Portrait of a Genius tells a similar story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatis personae are the following: Helen Gascoigne, young, beautiful, uncompromising; Leslie Brock, the dean of the faculty who wants to bed her; George Turner, Helenâ??s devoted husband, a scientist not burdened with great leaps of imagination; Esmund, the reckless genius who invents an entirely new kind of computer; and finally, Rosalind, girlfriend and admirer of Esmund.","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141961957616,"sku":"9781481783606","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781481783606_p0.jpg?v=1763624306","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781481783606","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}