{"product_id":"medicine-and-the-same-9781636700960","title":"Medicine and the Same","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the\u003cbr\u003emost fiercely individual voices in theatre today.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Kane\u003cbr\u003eis sitting on a hospital gurney, and very shortly a jazz percussionist, two women\u003cbr\u003ecalled Mary, a very old man and a giant lobster will arrive. Then everything\u003cbr\u003ewill start.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedicine \u003c\/i\u003eis a dark and frequently absurdist play.\u003cbr\u003eDevastatingly funny and profoundly moving, it examines how, for decades, we have\u003cbr\u003etreated those who we call \"mentally ill.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was first\u003cbr\u003eproduced by Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival as part\u003cbr\u003eof the Edinburgh International Festival, prior to performances in Galway and\u003cbr\u003eBrooklyn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition\u003cbr\u003ealso includes Walsh's play \u003ci\u003eThe Same\u003c\/i\u003e, about two women who meet in a\u003cbr\u003epsychiatric institution, which won the \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times \u003c\/i\u003eIrish Theatre\u003cbr\u003eAward for Best Play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnda Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eDisco Pigs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eWalworth Farce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Electric Ballroom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePenelope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003emisterman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBallyturk\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eArlington\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the book for the musicals \u003ci\u003eOnce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSing Street\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLazarus \u003c\/i\u003ewith David Bowie, the operas \u003ci\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eFirst Child, The Last Hotel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Second Violinist\u003c\/i\u003e, with composer\u003cbr\u003eDonnacha Dennehy, and the screenplay for \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Caméra\u003cbr\u003ed'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533817188626,"sku":"9781636700960","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_75639194-fb33-4687-bcc7-a9a50f9ef93b.jpg?v=1731412963","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/medicine-and-the-same-9781636700960","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}