{"product_id":"the-white-whale-paperback","title":"The White Whale - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou remember when we started to hunt whales again?\u003cbr\u003eWe fought monsters and we killed them and wrestled the oil from their dead bodies and we sold it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the future we hunt whales for the oil in their bodies. Just like they did in centuries past. The oil of a single whale can run an army for a week. This is new science. This is our future. So we send gangs of men out onto the dark, cold sea to bring back the things we need.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe crew of the Pequod are going to sea because it's their job. But Ahab, captain of the Pequod, is not going to sea for the oil or for the money. Ahab is going for revenge. Revenge on the vast whale that took him down into the black depths of the ocean. Revenge on the greatest whale in all the oceans: a perfectly white whale. And Ishmael, a young man new to whaling, is going to sea seeking a hunter's violence, trying to stop the thoughts of violence in his heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd we are all going with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe White Whale \u003c\/i\u003epremiered on 4 September 2014, at Leeds Dock, UK in a production by Slung Low theatre company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is a British playwright and director. Educated at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, Phillips's first play, \u003ci\u003eThe Rubenstein Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), won both the John Whiting Award and the TMA Award for Best Play. He was also a recipient of the National Arts Endowment Award for his first professional production as a director, \u003ci\u003eObserve the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme\u003c\/i\u003e (Pleasance, London). He is a selector for the NSDF and wrote a new adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows \u003c\/i\u003efor the NSDF Ensemble, performed at Latitude Festival. Other plays include\u003ci\u003e The Little Fir Tree\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) and \u003ci\u003eHidden in the Sand \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717458989119,"sku":"9781474226011","price":29.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/79b764e60c8cc9069ea737c428e8a31b.webp?v=1765078548","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-white-whale-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}