{"product_id":"9781840021769","title":"Torben Betts: Plays One","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTorben Betts: Plays One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Torben Betts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree pitch-black comedies from an exciting new writer: A Listening Heaven, Mummies and Daddies and Clockwatching\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Listening Heaven, which focuses on one family’s painful inability to grieve for a dead son, was first produced in 1999 to critical acclaim at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where Betts was the resident dramatist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMummies and Daddies, developed at the RNT Studio, brutally yet hilariously lays bare the soullessness of consumerism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Clockwatching, produced at both the SJT and the Orange Tree Theatre in 2001, a despotic man descends into helplessness when his servile wife falls seriously ill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an introduction by Connal Orton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wonderfully accomplished first play” —\u003ci\u003eAlan Ayckbourn (A Listening Heaven)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A complex writer of misery pock marked with painful comedy” —\u003ci\u003eYorkshire Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781840021769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Oberon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40822998139086,"sku":"9781840021769","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_2d1d8413-472c-4a95-9362-66c7f211b1a7.jpg?v=1643097496","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781840021769","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}