{"product_id":"ragged-trousered-philanthropists-1","title":"Ragged Trousered Philanthropists","description":"\u003cp\u003ePassionate, highly entertaining and gloriously funny - Robert Tressell's classic pre-First World War account of the working lives of a group of housepainters and decorators is vividly adapted by Howard Brenton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ragged Trousered Philanthropists\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the little daily successes and the disasters of a group of working-class men, living under the constant fear of being laid off by employers forever looking for new corners to cut. Both workers and bosses are caught in a system spiralling out of control, but why is it the workers always come out worse?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHoward Brenton's stage adaptation, first performed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool in June 2010 in a co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre, lays bare the many social injustices perpetrated on these men whilst capturing their individual characters with touching truth to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248626389336,"sku":"9781848421073","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781848421073.jpg?v=1777836625","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ragged-trousered-philanthropists-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}