{"title":"T.H. Howard-Hill","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"a-game-at-chess-by-th-howard-hill-9780719016349","title":"A Game at Chess","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor many years Middleton's \u003ci\u003eA Game at Chess\u003c\/i\u003e was more notorious than read, considered rather a phenomenon of theatrical history than a pre-eminent piece of dramatic writing. \u003ci\u003eA Game at Chess\u003c\/i\u003e was a nine days' wonder, an exceptional play of King James' reign on account of its unprecedented representation of matters of state usually forbidden on the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe King's Men performed the play uninterruptedly between 5th and 14th August, 1624 at their Globe Theatre, attracting large audiences, before the Privy Council closed the theatre by the King's command.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore recently, growing interest in the connections of economics and politics with authorship have promoted readings that locate the play so firmly within its historical context as propaganda that, again, its worthwhile literary and theatrical qualities are neglected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn writing \u003ci\u003eA Game at Chess\u003c\/i\u003e, Middleton employed the devices of the neoclassical comedy of intrigue within the matrix of the traditional oral play. What might have seemed old-fashioned allegory was rejuvenated by his adoption of the fashionable game of chess as the fiction within which the play was set. The product of Middleton's experienced craftsmanship is at once deceptively simple and surprisingly complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595525538028,"sku":"9780719016349","price":71.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780719016349-a-game-at-chess.jpg?v=1777898846"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/t-h-howard-hill.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}