{"product_id":"father-comes-home-from-the-wars-playtext","title":"Father Comes Home From The Wars Playtext","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Seems like the worth of a colored man, once he's made free, is less than his worth when he's a slave.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWest Texas, 1862. Hero, a slave, is promised his freedom if he joins his master in the ranks of the Confederacy against the Union. In a nation at war with itself, he must work against those striving to abolish slavery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe family he leaves behind debates whether to escape or await his return, and they fear that, for Hero, freedom is an empty promise that may come at a great cost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"You know good and well that his Freedom-promise is only ever linked to something bad.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the success of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTopdog\/Underdog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Suzan-Lori Parks returns to the Royal Court with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFather Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 \u0026amp; 3)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Three short plays performed together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55598187544952,"sku":"9781848425507","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/FatherComesHomeFromWarPlaytextNationalTheatreShop.jpg?v=1783431881","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/products\/father-comes-home-from-the-wars-playtext","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}