{"product_id":"9781780013930","title":"This May Hurt A Bit (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA witty, tender, and occasionally surreal exploration of one family's experience of the NHS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA month after stating 'we will stop the top-down reorganisation of the NHS that has got in the way of patient care', the government launched the biggest top-down reorganisation the service had seen in its 65-year history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStella Feehily's play explores one family's journey through the digestive system of the NHS, and asks: what is the prognosis for this much-loved institution?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis May Hurt A Bit\u003c\/i\u003e premiered in 2014, on a UK tour co-produced by Out of Joint, and Octagon Theatre, Bolton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'urgent, clever, anarchic... I defy anyone to leave without a renewed sense of pride in our greatest institution, and some serious concerns about its future.' - \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'surreal, hilarious and hard-hitting' as theatrically entertaining as it is politically committed' - \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'urgently topical' a passionate defence of nationalised medicine and a call to fight for its preservation - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152228991216,"sku":"9781780013930","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780013930_p0.jpg?v=1763710874","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780013930","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}