{"product_id":"american-clock","title":"American Clock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘\u003c\/i\u003eIt is Mr. Miller's notion, potentially a great one, that the Baums' story can help tell the story of America itself during that traumatic era.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the stock market crashes, the once-financially comfortable Baum family lose everything and are forced to leave their lofty home in Manhattan to live with relatives in Brooklyn: how can their pride, purpose and artistic endeavours survive such a sudden and shocking reversal of fortune?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sweeping, hard-hitting look at the Great Depression of the 1930s, \u003ci\u003eThe American Clock\u003c\/i\u003e is a vaudevillian celebration of American resilience and optimism in the face of national crisis, and was performed on Broadway in 1980.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Jane K. Dominik, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from interviews with designers of the 1980 Broadway production) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232214405464,"sku":"9781350226982","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350226982_3570418b-9597-49b8-bc19-4f5443f94b65.jpg?v=1777186863","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/american-clock","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}