{"product_id":"david-greig-plays-1","title":"David Greig Plays 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Greig: \u003ci\u003ePlays 1\u003c\/i\u003e brings together four key plays by the playwright described by the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e as ''one of the most interesting and adventurous British dramatists of his generation''. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOutlying Island\u003c\/i\u003e two young Cambridge ornithologists are sent to a remote island. Together with its authoritarian leaseholder and his niece they observe an innocence that is about to be destroyed forever. \u003ci\u003eSan Diego\u003c\/i\u003e offers a strange and occasionally nightmarish journey into the heart of the contemporary American dream, weaving together stories of illegal immigrants, of film stars and whores, and even of the playwright himself. \u003ci\u003ePyrenees\u003c\/i\u003e follows a man found lying in the snow in the foothills as he tries to piece together his identity. In \u003ci\u003eThe American Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e a crash-landing in a remote valley in a distant country raises questions about how the world sees America and how America sees the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection also includes a trilogy of short plays, \u003ci\u003eBeing Norwegian, Kyoto\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrewers Fayre\u003c\/i\u003e, published here for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutlying Island \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''I can''t recommend it highly enough . . . A rich, charged play, veering between the comic and the poetic as innocence gives way to experience.'' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Diego \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A surreal and intriguing piece of theatre . . . dazzling . . . Home and awake from the mythical dream that is \u003ci\u003eSan Diego\u003c\/i\u003e, the name David Greig remains imprinted on our minds.'' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePyrenees \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''All the wit and intelligence of previous works, probing away at concerns that are both contemporary and timeless...A classy, rewarding, engaging drama, Greig''s best to date.'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Pilot \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003eOne of the most intellectually stimulating dramatists around. A richly provocative new play.'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318881984894,"sku":"NW9780571234158","price":15.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571234158.jpg?v=1778690571","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/david-greig-plays-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}