{"product_id":"9781780018461","title":"Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated by Martin Bowman \u0026amp; Bill Findlay into a robust earthy Scots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn six moonlit Montreal balconies on a sultry summer's evening, eleven people tell their stories of love. Isabelle and Yannick are alive and ecstatic with the thrill of first love. Jeannine and Louise are in torment that their love may be dying. Rose and her son, Mathieu, are suspended in silent complicity, fearful of the other's pain. Gaston and his daughter, Mireille, are caught in a trap of need and blame. Yvon and Gérard are bound to one another through longing and guilt. The Widow sits alone with the memory of a perfect love...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the discovery of a lost mass by Berlioz, \u003cem\u003eSolemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer\u003c\/em\u003e dispenses with religion but keeps the ritual to lay its characters bare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Like nothing seen on the Scottish stage before. It is a quirky work that none the less hits home with its classic themes of love, loss and redemption' \u003cem\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131390542064,"sku":"9781780018461","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780018461_p0.jpg?v=1763710821","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780018461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}