{"product_id":"9780413648709","title":"Nichols Plays: 1 : Day in the Death of Joe Egg;The National Health; Hearts and Flowers; The Freeway; Forget-me-not Lane","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNichols Plays: 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Peter Nichols\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich selection from the best of Nichols' work up to and including his award-winning Privates on Parade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Day in the Death of Joe Egg is based on the author's experience of having a mentally handicapped child and won the John Whiting Award; The National Health was commissioned by Kenneth Tynan for the National theatre and follows the story of a Labour MP who goes into a state hospital suffering from a nervous collapse. It won the Evening Standard Best Play Award; Forget-me-not Lane is a trip down memory lane from the author's own childhood growing up in the West Country; Hearts and Flowers is a TV play about the rivalry between two brothers, one a school teacher living in Bristol the other a successful news journalist and their shared interest in a woman; Freeway is set in a traffic jam and attempts to answer the question of why the automobile has come to be seen to represent liberty incarnate in the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780413648709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594012405966,"sku":"9780413648709","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_1edcf382-c2a4-4354-820a-da2f9bc97200.jpg?v=1637798788","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780413648709","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}