{"product_id":"9781780019659","title":"Battlefield (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe devastation of war is tearing the Bharata family apart. The new king must unravel a mystery: how can he live with himself in the face of the devastation and massacres that he has caused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBattlefield\u003c\/em\u003e, the internationally renowned team of Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Jean-Claude Carrière revisit the great Indian epic \u003cem\u003eThe Mahabharata\u003c\/em\u003e, thirty years after Brook’s legendary production took world theatre by storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn immense canvas in miniature, this central section of the ancient text is timeless and contemporary, asking how we can find inner peace in a world riven with conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was first performed at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, in 2015, before an international tour including a run at the Young Vic Theatre, London, in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Peter Brook's return to The Mahabharata is breathtaking - a dazzling piece of theatre' - \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An hour of magic realism… it has a gentle power that lingers' - \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Delivered with remarkable grace and deceptive lightness of touch’ - \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Luminous and potent' - \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Combines the immediacy of story-telling with the purity of Greek tragedy' - \u003cem\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Something profound is felt on the pulse here... Peter Brook achieves rare magic, and with the slenderest art' - \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131346600176,"sku":"9781780019659","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780019659_p0.jpg?v=1763710957","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780019659","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}