{"product_id":"the-mountaintop","title":"Mountaintop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExactly one year ago, I stood in that crumbling pulpit in Riverside and shouted that this war would be our own violent undoing, freedom's suicide . . . Well, I'll tell you, there weren't too many Amens that Sunday. But who is a man who does not speak his mind? He is not a man, but I am a man.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe night before his assassination, King retires to room 306 in the now-famous Lorraine Motel after giving an acclaimed speech to a massive church congregation. When a mysterious young maid visits him to deliver a cup of coffee, King is forced to confront his past and the future of his people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePortraying rhetoric, hope and ideals of social change, \u003ci\u003eThe Mountaintop \u003c\/i\u003ealso explores being human in the face of inevitable death. The play is a dramatic feat of daring originality, historical narration and triumphant compassion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Modern Classics edition of the play features a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson and an introduction by Faedra Chatard Carpenter, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Theatre, University of Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32067536322643,"sku":"9781472587718","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781472587718.jpg?v=1777103144","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-mountaintop","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}