{"product_id":"9781849433310","title":"Barker: Plays One","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes the plays \u003ci\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Europeans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScenes from an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.Howard Barker is one of the most significant and controversial dramatists of his time. His plays challenge, unsettle and expose. These plays are among his best-known works, and their energy, poetic language and imagination have fixed them firmly in the international repertoire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the tragic form defined by Barker as Theatre of Catastrophe, three of the plays speculate on human behaviour in moments of historical crisis. \u003ci\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the English Civil War and follows the ethical voyage of a widow towards personal reconstruction. \u003ci\u003eThe Europeans\u003c\/i\u003e takes one of the great eruptions of Islamic imperialism as the background for a young woman's insistence on her right to her own identity. \u003ci\u003eScenes from an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e shows the struggle of an independently-minded artist against the power of the Venetian state.\u003ci\u003eThe Possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e, a disturbing series of short plays set in various times and cultures, reveals Barker's unconventional way with moral dilemmas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oberon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140450238704,"sku":"9781849433310","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849433310_p0.jpg?v=1763752619","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849433310","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}