{"product_id":"chicken-soup-with-barley-paperback","title":"Chicken Soup with Barley - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArnold Wesker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kettle boils in 1936 as the fascists are marching. Tea is brewed in 1946, with disillusion in the air at the end of the war. Twenty years on, in 1956, as rumours spread of Hungarian revolution, the cup is empty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Khan, an East End Jewish mother, is a feisty political fighter and a staunch communist. Battling against the State and her shirking husband, she desperately tries to keep her family together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis landmark state-of-the-nation play is a panoramic drama portraying the age-old battle between realism and idealism. \u003ci\u003eChicken Soup with Barley\u003c\/i\u003e captures the collapse of an ideology alongside the disintegration of a family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicken Soup with Barley\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in a trilogy that includes \u003ci\u003eRoots\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI'm Talking about Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e was first performed at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry in 1958 and transferred to the Royal Court in the same year.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnold Wesker\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Britain's seminal post-war playwrights. His varied writings include essays, short stories, poetry, journalism and 49 plays, which have been translated into 18 languages. His other plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen, Roots, Chips with Everything\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShylock\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718271766591,"sku":"9781408156605","price":29.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c3ee1a0edf9d26d1f338e0a9d6f5fe84.webp?v=1765081335","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/chicken-soup-with-barley-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}