{"product_id":"9781780015040","title":"King Charles III (West End Edition) (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMike Bartlett's controversial 'future history play' explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQueen Elizabeth II is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, her son ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on the style and structure of a Shakespearean history play, \u003ci\u003eKing Charles III\u003c\/i\u003e opened at London's Almeida Theatre, directed by its Artistic Director Rupert Goold, in 2014, before transferring to the West End.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'outstanding and provocative' the most spectacular, gripping and wickedly entertaining piece of lese-majeste that British theatre has ever seen' - \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'bold, brilliant and unstoppably entertaining' an intelligent, empathetic, moving look at the power and limitations of the modern monarchy' theatre doesn't get much better than this' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'extraordinary' a meaty, hilarious, dizzyingly audacious state of the nation political thriller' - \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'royally entertaining' raises fascinating questions about the future of the monarchy' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131108311280,"sku":"9781780015040","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780015040_p0.jpg?v=1763710897","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780015040","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}