{"product_id":"the-brightening-air-9781839044199","title":"The Brightening Air","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou'll remember how much of living is really just forgetting.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe family home is more than a building. It's a destination of pilgrimage, an inherited investment, a repository of memory or magic. But for brother and sister Stephen and Billie, home is all they've got. Mucking along in their decaying farmhouse, they're doing just fine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is, until the arrival of an ex-clergyman uncle with an unscrupulous plan, a sister-in-law seeking a miracle, and a prodigal brother hell-bent on trouble...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConor McPherson's play \u003ci\u003eThe Brightening Air\u003c\/i\u003e is an entrancing tale of fate, family, and unseen forces in 1980s Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConor McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e is a playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays include: \u003ci\u003eThe Weir\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court, London, Duke of York's, West End and Walter Kerr Theatre, New York; Laurence Olivier, Evening Standard, Critics' Circle, George Devine Awards); \u003ci\u003eDublin Carol\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court and Atlantic Theater, New York); \u003ci\u003ePort Authority\u003c\/i\u003e (Ambassadors Theatre, West End, Gate Theatre, Dublin and Atlantic Theater, New York); \u003ci\u003eShining City\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court, Gate Theatre, Dublin and Manhattan Theatre Club, New York; Tony Award nomination for Best Play); \u003ci\u003eThe Seafarer\u003c\/i\u003e (National Theatre, London, Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Booth Theater, New York; Laurence Olivier, Evening Standard, Tony Award nominations for Best Play); \u003ci\u003eThe Night Alive\u003c\/i\u003e (Donmar Warehouse, London and Atlantic Theater, New York); \u003ci\u003eGirl from the North Country\u003c\/i\u003e (Old Vic, London); and \u003ci\u003eThe Brightening Air\u003c\/i\u003e (Old Vic, London, 2025). Theatre adaptations Chekhov's \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e (West End, 2020) and Pawel Pawlikowski's \u003ci\u003eCold War\u003c\/i\u003e (Almeida Theatre, 2023), among others. His work for television and cinema includes the films \u003ci\u003eI Went Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaltwater\u003c\/i\u003e, Samuel Beckett's \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Actors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Eclipse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStrangers\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as an adaptation of John Banville's \u003ci\u003eElegy for April\u003c\/i\u003e for the BBC, and the original television drama \u003ci\u003ePaula\u003c\/i\u003e for BBC2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705029787922,"sku":"9781839044199","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_629f4dbd-ca20-4a7a-a9ea-71b7661b9b31.jpg?v=1762337645","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-brightening-air-9781839044199","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}