{"product_id":"pity-9781350093898","title":"Pity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo bombs in one day is a foul coincidence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't forget the lightning strike\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA normal day. A person stands in the market square watching the world go by.\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens next verges on the ridiculous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's ice cream. Sunshine. Shops. Some dogs. A wedding. Bombs. Candles. Blood. Lightning. Sandwiches. Snipers. Looting. Gunshots. Babies. Actors. Azaleas. Famine. Fountains. Statues. Atrocities. And tanks. (Probably). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRory Mullarkey's new play asks whether things really are getting worse. And if we care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStockport native \u003cb\u003eRory Mullarkey\u003c\/b\u003e graduated in 2009 from Cambridge, after which he studied at the State Theatrical Arts Academy of St. Petersburg. A translator of Russian Drama, Mullarkey's translations have been produced by the ADC Theatre, The Royal Court and the Free Theatre of Belarus. Plays include \u003ci\u003eSingle Sex \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Exchange); \u003ci\u003eRemembrance Day \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court), \u003ci\u003eTourism \u003c\/i\u003e(Headlong) and \u003ci\u003eCome To Where I'm From\u003c\/i\u003e (Paines Plough). Mullarkey spent 2010 as Writer-on-Attachment at the Royal Court Theatre, London, and 2011 as the Pearson Writer in Residence at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. His \u003ci\u003eThe Grandfathers\u003c\/i\u003e was programmed as part of the National Theatre's 2012 \u003ci\u003eConnections: Plays for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2014, Rory Mullarkey won the Harold Pinter Playwriting Prize, the George Devine Award (jointly with Alice Birch) and the James Tait Black Prize for Drama for his play \u003ci\u003eCannibals\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Methuen Drama.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903576477970,"sku":"9781350093898","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_81f7e51d-9708-4e3c-b8f4-cf8a94a0dc10.jpg?v=1738498297","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pity-9781350093898","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}