{"product_id":"9781848420861-london-assurance","title":"London Assurance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books \u003cem\u003eDrama Classics\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the amorous Sir Harcourt Courtly prepares to wed an heiress several decades his junior, he hasn't reckoned on the superior charms of her cousin, the foxhunting Lady Gay Spanker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDion Boucicault, the Irish genius of London theatre in the age of Dickens, wrote the brilliantly funny\u003cem\u003e London Assurance\u003c\/em\u003e in 1841 and thereby created – in Sir Harcourt and Lady Spanker – two of the great comic roles of the English stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic comedy of manners that borrows from Sheridan and anticipates Oscar Wilde, the play is a small comedic masterpiece and is regularly revived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eLondon Assurance\u003c\/em\u003e, in the Nick Hern Books \u003cem\u003eDrama Classics\u003c\/em\u003e series, is edited and introduced by Trevor R. Griffiths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41606891995233,"sku":"9781848420861","price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27495358.jpg?v=1721812644","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848420861-london-assurance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}