{"product_id":"9781848421141-la-bete","title":"La Bête","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exuberant, wildly distinctive comedy that encompasses timeless concerns about life and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a blaze of rhyming couplets, \u003cem\u003eLa Bête\u003c\/em\u003e is an exuberant, wildly distinctive comedy that encompasses timeless concerns about life and art. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElomire, high-minded head of the Royal theatre troupe, is incensed. His patron, the Princess, has decreed that the Court ensemble admit a new actor – the scandalously boorish street entertainer, Valere. With Elomire's pride and the troupe's livelihood on the line, the company is duty-bound not only to accept the outrageous troubadour, but to perform one of his ludicrous plays, an event that has dramatic consequences for them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Hirson's \u003cem\u003eLa Bête\u003c\/em\u003e opened on Broadway in February 1991 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, and had its UK premiere at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new production, directed by Matthew Warchus and starring Mark Rylance, opened at the Comedy Theatre in the West End in June 2010, and subsequently transferred to Broadway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41607560429665,"sku":"9781848421141","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26680786.jpg?v=1721216910","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848421141-la-bete","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}