{"product_id":"collaboration-and-taking-sides","title":"Collaboration and Taking Sides","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollaboration\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eTaking Sides\u003c\/b\u003e are companion pieces by Ronald Harwood. \u003cb\u003eTaking Sides\u003c\/b\u003e premiered at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester in 1995; \u003cb\u003eCollaboration\u003c\/b\u003e premiered at the same theatre in July 2008, when the two plays were staged in repertory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollaboration \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1931, composer Richard Strauss and writer Stephan Zweig embark on an invigorating artistic partnership. But Zweig is a Jew and the Nazis are on the march. Is it possible to keep artistic aspiration and political action separate? How fine is the line between collaboration and betrayal? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaking Sides\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePrized by Hitler as the cultural jewel in the crown of the Third Reich, conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler became the perfect post-war target for interrogation as a Nazi sympathiser. Major Steve Arnold, who has witnessed the horrors of Belsen, is about to cross-examine him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What does the artist do in a brutal, totalitarian society? Can art ever claim to be above politics? Harwood's fierce moral debate is set in the American zone of occupied Berlin in 1946. The play acts as a powerful metaphor for the present and all those post-authoritarian societies busy ransacking their pasts.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brave, wise and deeply moving play about the fatal confrontation between culture and power, between art and politics, between irresponsible freedom and responsible compromise. A gripping moral challenge in a cocksure and self-seeking age.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54258559517016,"sku":"9780571242603","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571242603.jpg?v=1765957514","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/collaboration-and-taking-sides","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}