{"product_id":"9781780019802","title":"The Slaves of Solitude (stage version) (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1943, Henley-on-Thames. Miss Roach is forced by the war to flee London for the Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, a place as grey and lonely as its residents. From the safety of these new quarters, her war effort now consists of a thousand petty humiliations, of which the most burdensome is sharing her daily life with the unbearable Mr Thwaites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut a breath of fresh air arrives in the form of a handsome American lieutenant and things start to look distinctly brighter. Until a new boarder moves into the room next to Miss Roach’s – outwardly friendly, she soon starts upsetting the precarious balance in the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Wright’s play \u003cem\u003eThe Slaves of Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e weaves a fascinating blend of dark hilarity and melancholy from Patrick Hamilton’s much-loved story about an improbable heroine in wartime Britain. The play premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in October 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly transformed for the stage by Nicholas Wright… although there is some wonderful sly comedy from the start, [the play's] strength is in a humane, rueful, oddly hopeful understanding of loneliness and of the way we try to make real connections… no character is all bad, nor all good; even the most minor of them, in fleetingly sketched moments, reveal both their handicap and their hope. It’s lovely' - \u003cem\u003eTheatreCat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[A] witty, evocative, gnarly human drama… the home front is a hotbed here as people who look like heroes or villains reveal themselves to be more complex while they make their small but crucial claims for territory… wonderful' - \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nicholas Wright’s adaptation captures the familiar emotional notes of Hamilton’s fiction, the pervading loneliness, the melancholy, the use of booze as a crutch and a shield' - \u003cem\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183441953008,"sku":"9781780019802","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780019802_p0.jpg?v=1763711390","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780019802","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}