{"product_id":"9781350108806","title":"The Cane","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cane\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Mark Ravenhill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt will be the biggest send off any teacher has ever had. No teacher is as loved. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 45 years as a dedicated teacher, Edward is looking forward to the imminent celebration to mark his retirement.\u003cbr\u003eBut his home is under siege. A mob of angry students have gathered. A brick has been thrown through the window, he and his wife haven't left the house for six days, and now his estranged daughter has arrived with her own questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy would they attack the most popular teacher in the school?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cane explores power, control, identity and gender as well as considering the major failure of the echo-chamber of liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ravenhill has more to say, and says it more refreshingly and wittily, than any other playwright of his generation” —\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There are few stage authors writing more interestingly than Mark Ravenhill ... He is - it is now yet more evident - a searing, intelligent, disturbing sociologist with a talent for satirical dialogue and a flair for sexual sensationalism.” —\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ravenhill is one of the most arresting talents to have arrived in the British theatre during the 1990s” —\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350108806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40698830520526,"sku":"9781350108806","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_34671427-d8c0-4d09-8dc6-2c207f17dfa4.jpg?v=1640495247","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350108806","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}