{"product_id":"the-unmanageable-sisters-9781848427440","title":"The Unmanageable Sisters","description":"Green Shield Stamps, a million of them, and Ger Lawless has won them all. It's Ballymun, it's 1974, and she has fifteen friends round for a stamp-sticking party. \u003cp\u003eOver one fateful night, fifteen determined women bring you into their lives in this funny and furious new version of Michel Tremblay's fêted Québécoise comedy, \u003cem\u003eLes Belles-Soeurs\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeirdre Kinahan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Dublin-based playwright and theatre producer who founded and runs the production company Tall Tales. Deirdre's first play published by Nick Hern Books - \u003cem\u003eMoment\u003c\/em\u003e - played at the Bush Theatre, London to critical acclaim and sell-out audiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichel Tremblay\u003c\/strong\u003e is a French Canadian novelist and playwright, born in Montreal, Quebec. His first professionally produced play, \u003cem\u003eLes Belles-Soeurs\u003c\/em\u003e, was written in 1965 and premiered at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert on August 28, 1968. It stirred up controversy by portraying the lives of working-class women and attacking the straight-laced, deeply religious society of mid-20th century Quebec. A version of the play in Scots English, \u003cem\u003eThe Guid Sisters, \u003c\/em\u003etranslated by Bill Findlay and Martin Bowman, was premiered at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 1989; and a version set in Ireland, \u003cem\u003eThe Unmanageable Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e by Deirdre Kinahan, premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2018. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis other notable works include: \u003cem\u003eÀ toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou\u003c\/em\u003e (1970); \u003cem\u003eLa grosse femme d'à côté est enceinte\u003c\/em\u003e (1978); \u003cem\u003eAlbertine, en cinq temps \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eAlbertine in Five Times\u003c\/em\u003e) (1984); \u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Vrai Monde?\u003c\/em\u003e (1987); \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMesse solennelle pour une pleine lune d'été\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSolemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer\u003c\/em\u003e) (1996).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424356565266,"sku":"9781848427440","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8e8b5fed-78e1-46ea-ba64-bd1c3365ab4a.jpg?v=1751371998","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-unmanageable-sisters-9781848427440","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}