{"product_id":"9781849435956","title":"Wesker's Social Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes the plays \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003eThe Rocking Horse Kid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVoices on the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDenial\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen God Wanted a Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume of Oberon Books' Wesker series includes the author’s most performed work \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e (1957) produced in sixty cities from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo, from Paris to Moscow, from Montreal to Zurich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume also contains Wesker’s latest play \u003ci\u003eThe Rocking Horse Kid\u003c\/i\u003e, about a black boy who wants to go round the world on a horse; the magical play for children \u003ci\u003eVoices on the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and one of his most controversial plays \u003ci\u003eDenial\u003c\/i\u003e about ‘the false memory syndrome’, declared by an irate French critic of the Paris production as ‘...a dangerous play. Wesker is a dangerous playwright.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has also been described as ‘a melancholy optimist’ as evidenced by another of the plays in this volume \u003ci\u003eWhen God Wanted a Son\u003c\/i\u003e which explores the possibility that anti-Semitism like stupidity is in the bloodstream of human nature and here to stay. Few playwrights dare be as politically incorrect as Wesker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oberon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115250139376,"sku":"9781849435956","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849435956_p0.jpg?v=1763752719","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849435956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}