{"product_id":"mlimas-tale-9781559365994","title":"Mlima's Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful, endlessly echoing portrait of a murder and its afterlife. Ms. Nottage shaped this story with such theatrical inventiveness and discipline that it never feels sensational... A finely wrought fusion of elements.\" --Ben Brantley, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinuing in her tradition of crafting thought-provoking, socially conscious dramas, Lynn Nottage's play tells the story of Mlima, an elephant struck down by poachers for his magnificent tusks. Beginning in a game park in Kenya, the play tracks the trajectory of Mlima's tusks through the ivory trade market while Mlima's ghost follows close behind--marking all those complicit in his barbaric death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynn Nottage\u003c\/strong\u003e is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prize Awards for Drama for \u003cem\u003eSweat \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eRuined\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the first woman playwright to be honored twice. Her other plays include \u003cem\u003eClyde's\u003c\/em\u003e; the book for the musical adaptation of \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Life of Bees\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eIntimate Apparel\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBy the Way, Meet Vera Stark\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCrumbs from the Table of Joy\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eLas Meninas\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524817850642,"sku":"9781559365994","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b3c317c2-be9b-4e02-a4e3-787334aeb682.jpg?v=1731193907","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mlimas-tale-9781559365994","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}