{"product_id":"9781780019253","title":"Queers: Eight Monologues (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young soldier returning from the trenches of the First World War recollects a love that dares not speak its name. Almost one hundred years later, a groom-to-be prepares for his gay wedding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueers\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant and personal, funny, tragic and riotous, these eight monologues for male and female performers cover major events - such as the Wolfenden Report of 1957, the HIV\/AIDS crisis, and the debate over the age of consent - through deeply affecting and personal rites-of-passage stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurated by Mark Gatiss, the monologues were commissioned to mark the anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which decriminalised homosexual acts in private between two men over the age of twenty-one. They were broadcast on BBC Four in 2017, directed and produced by Gatiss, and starring Alan Cumming, Rebecca Front, Ian Gelder, Kadiff Kirwan, Russell Tovey, Gemma Whelan, Ben Whishaw and Fionn Whitehead. They were staged at The Old Vic in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Man on the Platform\u003c\/em\u003e by Mark Gatiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Gentleman\u003c\/em\u003e by Jackie Clune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSafest Spot in Town\u003c\/em\u003e by Keith Jarrett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMissing Alice\u003c\/em\u003e by Jon Bradfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Miss the War\u003c\/em\u003e by Matthew Baldwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore Anger\u003c\/em\u003e by Brian Fillis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Grand Day Out\u003c\/em\u003e by Michael Dennis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething Borrowed\u003c\/em\u003e by Gareth McLean\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131391131888,"sku":"9781780019253","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780019253_p0.jpg?v=1763710735","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780019253","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}