{"product_id":"9781848422872-55-days","title":"55 Days","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping historical play that dramatises a crucial moment of English history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping historical play that dramatises a crucial moment of English history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecember 1648. The Army has occupied London. Parliament votes not to put the imprisoned king on trial, so the Army moves against Westminster in the first and only military coup in English history. What follows over the next fifty-five days, as Cromwell seeks to compromise with a king who will do no such thing, is nothing less than the forging of a new nation, an entirely new world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoward Brenton’s play depicts the dangerous and dramatic days when, in a country exhausted by Civil War, a few great men attempt to think the unthinkable: to create a country without a king.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e55 Days\u003c\/em\u003e was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in October 2012, in a production directed by Howard Davies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41610630299745,"sku":"9781848422872","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29558779.jpg?v=1725716773","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848422872-55-days","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}