{"product_id":"candide-paperback","title":"Candide - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Ravenhill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCandide is an optimist. A dreamer. He believes that everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. But that belief is about to be tested as Candides comfortable life is overtaken by an endless barrage of misfortune. As his world collapses around him the story travels across the centuries to new locations and parallel universes. How will Candides optimism fare when it collides with life in the 21st century. The play is structured around two parallel narratives: one tells the story of Candides attempts to reunite with his love Cunegonde; the other follows a woman who experiences a hugely traumatic event as she attempts to find a way back to happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Ravenhill \u003c\/b\u003eis one of the most distinctive contemporary UK playwrights. He burst on to the theatre scene in 1996 with the huge hit \u003ci\u003eShopping and Fucking\u003c\/i\u003e. He has continued to garner critical acclaim for plays that include \u003ci\u003eSome Explicit Polaroids\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Clap's Molly House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShoot\/Get Treasure\/Repeat\u003c\/i\u003e (National Theatre, Royal Court, Paines Plough, The Gate Theatre, April 2008), \u003ci\u003eA Life in Three Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTen Plagues\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently Writer-in-Residence at the RSC. His adaptation of Brecht's \u003ci\u003eA Life of Galileo \u003c\/i\u003ewas recently produced in the Swan Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219760464121,"sku":"9780573704390","price":20.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/HeUybFdCB39780573704390.webp?v=1768170174","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/candide-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}