{"product_id":"the-farmers-wife-playtext","title":"The Farmer's Wife Playtext","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChange is inevitable, is important. The\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebirds know it – they've adapted their songs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebecause of the noise of the motorway. The\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efoxes know it – some of them have even\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emoved into towns where there's more\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efood to be had . . . do you understand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eit's change or die!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Farmer's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, one day holds a lifetime. Three generations of women from the same family – a daughter, a mother and a grandmother – share a kitchen, their stories overlapping as the past and present sit side by side.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe animals need feeding. The bills need paying. The forms need filling in. The meals need cooking. The vet needs calling. The list never ends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the centre of it all is one woman, holding everything together and beginning to wonder how much longer she can.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by Helen Rebanks' Sunday Times best-selling memoir and shaped by the voices of women in farming across Cumbria, Hannah Khalil's original play captures both the beauty and the weight of a life rooted in the land.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Farmer's Wife \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a story of resilience and community in a changing world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the production at Theatre by the Lake in September 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55707026588024,"sku":"9781350694194","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/TheFarmersWifePlaytextNationalTheatreShop.jpg?v=1792678324","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/zh-hans\/products\/the-farmers-wife-playtext","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}