{"product_id":"after-the-dance-2","title":"After the Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003eTerence Rattigan’s \u003cem\u003eAfter the Dance\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the ‘bright young things’ of the 1920s and 30s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid is a high-living, hard-drinking, successful writer involved with two women: his wife Joan and an earnest-minded younger woman, Helen. When Joan commits suicide, David considers following her, but instead returns to a life of parties and drinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter the Dance\u003c\/em\u003e was first produced at the St James’s Theatre, London, in June l939. It signalled a more serious direction in Rattigan's writing after the relative frivolity of the hugely successful \u003cem\u003eFrench Without Tears\u003c\/em\u003e. It opened to euphoric reviews, but only a month later the European crisis was darkening the national mood and audiences began to dwindle. The play was pulled in August after only sixty performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an authoritative introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248702902616,"sku":"9781854592170","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781854592170.jpg?v=1777849227","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/after-the-dance-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}