{"product_id":"masterpieces-paperback","title":"Masterpieces - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Daniels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElaine Aston\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou are not at liberty to avenge the pornography industry in this country. We have the censorship laws for that. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMasterpieces opens on three couples having dinner in a restaurant, exchanging sexist jokes. The response is varied: some of them laugh uproariously, some of them uncomfortably, and one is deeply unhappy. Their domestic discussion about the morality of pornography is suddenly amplified a thousand-fold in the next scene in which Rowena is on trial for murder. She had just been to see a 'snuff' film in which a porn actress is actually mutilated and killed on screen, and on her way home is approached threateningly by a man who she ends up pushing under a train because he was harassing her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe play is the story of Rowena's journey, through seeing a porn magazine for the first time to a thwarted attempt to help an unhappy prostitute, from uncomfortable laughter to radical and disgusted protest at female subjugation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasterpieces \u003c\/i\u003eis an angry and defiant play, first staged in 1983, at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, before transferring to the Royal Court Theatre, London. It earned Daniels a London Theatre Critics Award for Most Promising Playwright. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition introduces Sarah Daniels into the Modern Classics series and features an introduction by Elaine Aston, Professor of Contemporary Performance at Lancaster University.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Daniels\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eRipen Our Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMa's Flesh is Grass\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Gateway\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMasterpieces\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNeaptide\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1982 George Devine Award; \u003ci\u003eByrthrite\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Gut Girls\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Beside Herself\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHead-Rot Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of Esme and Shaz\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBlow Your House Down\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the novel by Pat Barker; \u003ci\u003eDust \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFlying Under Bridges\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50483252723949,"sku":"9781474218061","price":20.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/masterpieces-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}