{"product_id":"9780413682000","title":"Johnson Plays: 1 : Insignificance; Unsuitable for Adults; Cries from the Mammal House","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eJohnson Plays: 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Terry Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Terry Johnson is that rare creature: a moralist with wit. He writes with responsible gaiety' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInsignificance\u003c\/i\u003e: 'At first glance it looks like a game of Theatrical Consequences. What if four icons of Ike's America - Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe DiMaggio and Senator McCarthy - met in a New York hotel room in 1953?... A piece that works on just about every level: the intellectual, the emotional, the playful...one of the landmark plays of the decade' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compassionate, witty and intelligent'. \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnsuitable for Adults\u003c\/i\u003e 'Set in the world of pub entertainment in Paddington - lunchtimes of striptease, evenings of the more violent kind of comic routine... it's a very funny play and very clever' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Johnson's script, funny and horrifying by turns, and maturely refusing to assume anything about its characters, is as fine and enduring a depiction of the current state of play in the world of love, sex, and comedy as anything ever seen on the London stage.' \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCries from the Mammal House\u003c\/i\u003e: 'Set in a small English private zoo and also in the bowels of anyone who has ever had to take responsibility for others... Freewheeling tough, lyrical and thrillingly unpredictable' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Glittering like a ball of mercury as it darts erratically hither and thither.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Terry Johnson is that rare creature: a moralist with wit. He writes with responsible gaiety” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780413682000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593809244366,"sku":"9780413682000","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_3e42e6eb-cda7-4895-bfa0-6c6053bdce1d.jpg?v=1637793896","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780413682000","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}