{"title":"Sarah Kane","description":"\u003cp\u003eSarah Kane's works delve into intense and unflinching explorations of human emotion and experience. Known for her powerful and provocative plays, her writing challenges conventions and pushes the boundaries of modern drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect raw, poetic narratives that confront themes of love, pain, and despair with striking honesty. Her contributions to \u003cem\u003earts and culture\u003c\/em\u003e continue to resonate deeply within contemporary theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kane-complete-plays-by-sarah-kane-9780413742605","title":"Kane: Complete Plays","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eBlasted\u003c\/em\u003e was first produced at the Royal Court in 1995, it was hailed jointly as a masterpiece and a \"disgusting piece of filth\" (\u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e). 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On February 20, 1999, aged 28, the playwright committed suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the page, the piece looks like a poem. No characters are named, and even their number is unspecified. It could be a journey through one person's mind, or an interview between a doctor and his patient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460055974124,"sku":"9780413748300","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780413748300-4-48-psychosis.jpg?v=1774943204"},{"product_id":"crave-by-sarah-kane-9780413728807","title":"Crave","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in an unnamed city from which voices and images spring, \u003cem\u003eCrave\u003c\/em\u003e charts the disintegration of a human mind under the pressures of love, loss and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A hugely unnerving theatrical experience, shot through with the language of the Bible and a genuinely poetic richness\" (\u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A dramatic poem in the late-Beckett style, sometimes a chamber quartet for lost voices\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by Paines Plough and Bright Ltd (Guy Chapman and Paul Spyker), \u003cem\u003eCrave\u003c\/em\u003e premiered at the Traverse Theatre for the 1998 Edinburgh Festival. 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