{"product_id":"love-9781350041431","title":"Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut you can't do this to us - my partner is about to have a baby and we need to eat and pay rent - and we need to eat - how is this legal!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the run-up to Christmas, three families are placed into cramped temporary accommodation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA middle-aged man and his elderly mum, a young family with a baby on the way, a newly arrived woman from Sudan. Strangers. Forced together. No space is personal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this play by Alexander Zeldin, written through a devising process, the audience are invited to bear witness to an intimate story of family love for our times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove \u003c\/i\u003ereceived its world premiere at the National Theatre, London, in the Dorfman Theatre, on 13 December 2016 and opened at Birmingham Rep on 26 January 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Zeldin\u003c\/b\u003e has, since 2011, formed an ensemble of actors in the UK with the aim of collaborating together long term in projects where he writes. Their projects include \u003ci\u003eDoing the Idiots \u003c\/i\u003e(National Theatre Studio 2012 - a response to Lars Von Trier's film \u003ci\u003eThe Idiots\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eShemehe \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBeyond Caring\u003c\/i\u003e (Yard Theatre, 2013). His work has been recognised by a nomination to the Rolex Mentor Protege Award in 2012, for the leading young artistic voices of the future.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334138007826,"sku":"9781350041431","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79958299-3e35-4a49-8c61-51cb736c565c.jpg?v=1727884777","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-9781350041431","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}