{"product_id":"9781350183650","title":"Richard Bean Plays 6 : One Man, Two Guvnors; Young Marx; The Hypocrite","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Bean Plays 6\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Richard Bean\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sixth collection of plays from award-winning playwright Richard Bean, including the world-conquering hit \u003ci\u003eOne Man, Two Guvnors\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eYoung \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMar\u003c\/i\u003ex, his riotous take on Karl Marx's life in London, which launched London's new Bridge Theatre and \u003ci\u003eThe Hypocrite\u003c\/i\u003e, a historical-farcical romp that lit up Hull's year as City of Culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne Man, Two Guvnors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on Carlo Goldoni's classic Italian comedy \u003ci\u003eThe Servant of Two Masters\u003c\/i\u003e, sex, food and money are high on the agenda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the both 2011 Evening Standard Theatre Best New Play \u0026amp; Critic's Circle Best New Play awards.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Marx\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreditors, spies, rival revolutionary factions and prospective seducers of his beautiful wife all circle like vultures. His writing blocked, his marriage dying, his friend Engels in despair at his wasted genius, his only hope is a job on the railway. But there's still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the piss than Karl Heinrich Marx.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hypocrite\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApril 1642. Sir John Hotham, Governor of Hull, is charged by Parliament to secure the arsenal at Hull and deny entry to King Charles I. If only it were that simple. With a Royalist siege outside the city walls and the rebellion of the mob within, Civil War seems inevitable and losing his head more than probable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Hypocrite\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a scabrous, bawdy, witty, often flagrantly silly love-letter to Hull and its purported place in a crucial moment of national history...  it hits the bull's-eye...Richard Bean returns to \u003ci\u003eOne Man, Two Guvnors\u003c\/i\u003e form with a brilliantly entertaining new farce.” —\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eYoung Marx,\u003c\/i\u003e a wily, fast-paced comedy” —\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOne Man, Two Guvnors\u003c\/i\u003e - You would had to have had a humour by-pass not to enjoy it.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350183650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40816796401870,"sku":"9781350183650","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fed58ab1-a36f-4e47-9213-98a8ce68c73e.jpg?v=1642843006","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350183650","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}