{"product_id":"tender-napalm-9781408152874","title":"Tender Napalm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI could squeeze a bullet between those lips. Point first. Press it between those rosebud lips. Prise it between your pearly whites. Gently. I wouldn't break a single tooth. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhilip Ridley's first new play since 2008 marks a change of direction for the acclaimed, ever restless and maverick writer. \u003ci\u003eTender Napalm\u003c\/i\u003e is a high-impact, high-concept two handed play which explores the landscape that is a relationship between a man and a woman. Explosive, poetic, brutal and ultimately redemptive, the play weaves a compelling theatrical tapestry to re-examine and re-define the language of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis abstract play is cool, slick and savagely romantic. There are no defined settings, narratives or characters. Instead, \u003ci\u003eTender Napalm\u003c\/i\u003e is 70 minutes of real time drama: simply a man and woman dissecting their relationship through a mixture of memory, fantasy, and a mixture of the two. And, by doing this, they touch upon zeitgeist concerns of violence, war and faith. \u003ci\u003eTender Napalm\u003c\/i\u003e is a showcase of the imaginative, fantastical and magical poeticisms Ridley can achieve from the bleak and brutal themes of war and destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume also contains five poems from the performance sequence \u003ci\u003eLovesongs for Extinct Creatures: Your Love, Dark Sky Craving, The Silver Hat, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI'm Waiting to be Killed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Seams\u003c\/i\u003e, publishing for the first time extracts from Philip Ridley's cycle of love poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlaywright Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London, where he still lives and works. He is a contemporary artist, poet, novelist, film-maker and one of the country's most celebrated living playwrights. Ridley has been described as 'probably a genius' (\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e), 'a visionary' (\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e), 'the master of modern myth' (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e) and 'the best British playwright of the last 20 years' (Aleks Sierz, author of \u003ci\u003eIn-Yer-Face Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334532927762,"sku":"9781408152874","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60c8a2a9-1d97-4bed-8012-6194b7be2c3f.jpg?v=1727890696","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tender-napalm-9781408152874","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}