{"product_id":"coward-plays-volume-six","title":"Coward Plays: Volume Six","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhilip Hoare, in his biography of Coward described \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSemi-Monde\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas his \"most daring play to date. In a chic Parisian hotel, a series of sexual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epairings take place through rendezvous, arguments, infidelities and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereconciliations: sexual deviance is undisguised...set in the bisexual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1920s, the play could easily be populated by characters of Coward's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esociety\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoint Valaine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is \"the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edrama of a lurid episode of lust in the semi-tropics.. unmistakably the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ework of a master of the stage\" (New York Times); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth Sea Bubble\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econcerns \"the Governor's lady in the Isle of Samolo who plays with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enative fire, nearly gets her wings singed, bashes her native admirer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith a bottle and at one of those Coward next-morning-at breakfast \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003escenes slips her way out of the scrape with feline grace.\" (Manchester \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuardian) whilst \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNude With Violin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a witty comedy about art fraud.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55536692330872,"sku":"9780413734105","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/9780413734105.jpg?v=1776850185","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/zh-hans\/products\/coward-plays-volume-six","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}