{"product_id":"9781780018119","title":"Plasticine (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary and disturbing play about post-Communist Russia by a young Siberian-born writer.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEvening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright\u003cbr\u003e Anti-Booker Prize, Moscow\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn a faceless city in the depths of present-day Russia a young boy dies. Women in the street are drunk, fight and demand sex. Maksim, a schoolboy, makes his way through this urban hell. His only retreat is into a private world moulded by himself, out of which springs a final act of reckless courage.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'Watching this impressive and disturbing howl of a play by the young Russian writer, Vassily Sigarev, is like taking a walk through a rough, druggy London scene after closing time... it has flashes of almost comic grotesquery, vividly communicates an alarming sense of contemporary urban Russia on the verge of anarchy and breakdown' - \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'This extraordinary play lasts only 75 minutes, but watching Dominic Cooke's brilliant production you feel you have been to hell and back. \u003cem\u003ePlasticine\u003c\/em\u003e offers a nightmarish trip to the lower depths of contemporary Russia, and the sheer power of the staging leaves you reeling' - \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47301009211632,"sku":"9781780018119","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780018119_p0.jpg?v=1769890130","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780018119","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}