{"product_id":"9781854594440-clink-new-edition-the","title":"The Clink","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riotously funny satirical farce in the tradition of \u003cem\u003e Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShakespeare in Love\u003c\/em\u003e, from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Libertine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riotously funny satirical farce in the tradition of \u003cem\u003e Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShakespeare in Love\u003c\/em\u003e, from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Libertine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth I is tottering at death's door. Conspirators are everywhere. Lucius Bodkin, an Elizabethan stand-up comedian, becomes unwillingly involved in the political skullduggery and jiggery-pokery surrounding the ailing queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Clink\u003c\/em\u003e could pass itself off as a long-lost Elizabethan comedy. In fact it is a brilliant political satire offering many sharp parallels with our own times, when art must be sponsored, but to be sponsored it must be 'safe'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Jeffreys's play was first staged by Paines Plough in 1990 on tour in Britain and Holland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41610625450081,"sku":"9781854594440","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28146650.jpg?v=1722351848","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781854594440-clink-new-edition-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}