{"product_id":"little-wars-paperback-1","title":"Little Wars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Carl McCasland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dinner party during the Second World War unites celebrated writers Agatha Christie, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas - with a mysterious guest.\u003c\/p\u003eWith copious booze flowing, acid-tongued barbs flying, and the threat of global conflict looming, the guests - and the world around them - are close to boiling point. Everyone has a confession. Someone has a secret.Set in the French Alps in 1940, Steven Carl McCasland's \u003cem\u003eLittle Wars \u003c\/em\u003eis an enthralling, entertaining and ultimately moving portrait of seven exceptional women - and a thrilling fiction based on truth.It was workshopped Off-Off-Broadway, first performed in 2015, and received an acclaimed digital premiere in 2020, featuring Linda Bassett, Sarah Solemani, Juliet Stevenson and Sophie Thompson. It provides glorious opportunities for an all-female cast to play some of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Carl McCasland is a playwright and the founder and Artistic Director of the Beautiful Soup Theater Collective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis plays include: \u003cem\u003eFun Being Me \u003c\/em\u003e(adapted from work by Jack Wiler), \u003cem\u003eWhen I'm 64\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Hope \u0026amp; Glory\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Opheliacs Anonymous\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Pulchritudinous\u003c\/em\u003e (First Place, Huntington Award in Playwriting), \u003cem\u003eBilly Learns About Captain Kirk\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlice Au Pays Des Merveilles\u003c\/em\u003e (an adaptation of Lewis Carroll's \u003cem\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eneat \u0026amp; tidy \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Little Wars.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 7.72 x 4.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726846791743,"sku":"9781839040030","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/21f440fa7fcc2533e33c97a0616bcd51.webp?v=1765112554","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/little-wars-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}