{"product_id":"9781780014777","title":"Britannia Waves the Rules (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn arresting and angry look at conflict and its effect on soldiers returning home - to a world they no longer know how to cope with, and a society that doesn't know how to cope with them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarl doesn't fit in at home. He doesn't fit in anywhere. When he signs up for the Army, he sees it as a way out of his life in Blackpool. But the Army takes him to Afghanistan. And when he comes home, it's not as a war hero but as a changed man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritannia Waves the Rules\u003c\/i\u003e won a Judges' Award in the 2011 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. It premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in May 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'a thrilling onslaught of explosive eloquence... oozes testosterone... often insolently, defiantly funny... its language, sliding in and out of verse, blends hip-hop rhymes with lyrical poeticism' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'gritty, well researched... a real tour de force' \u003ci\u003eWhatsOnStage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'fast, furious and action-packed... filled with rage' \u003ci\u003eManchester Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131155628272,"sku":"9781780014777","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780014777_p0.jpg?v=1769890833","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780014777","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}