{"product_id":"book-i25k","title":"David Edgar: A BBC Radio Drama Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Edgar – one of Britain’s greatest living playwrights – introduces a collection of his outstanding works\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Edgar is among the UK’s leading contemporary dramatists, well known for his powerful plays chronicling Britain's changing political landscape over the past 50 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis radio anthology begins with the award-winning \u003ci\u003eDestiny\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted for radio by Edgar himself, in which he analyses the rise of the right-wing National Front movement. In \u003ci\u003eSaigon Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, the sexual revolution is under the spotlight, as a couple and their cohorts are forced to face the darker side of the Swinging Sixties. This is followed by a play adapted from the journals of a South African lawyer – \u003ci\u003eThe Jail Diary of Albie Sachs\u003c\/i\u003e is a dramatic account of his arrest and solitary confinement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Barnes\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the struggles of the titular heroine with her own madness, and \u003ci\u003eEcclesiastes\u003c\/i\u003e deals with a fundamentalist preacher.\u003ci\u003e A Movie Starring Me\u003c\/i\u003e centres around a TV soap star and her obsessive fan, while \u003ci\u003eEntertaining Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e is about the struggle between a fundamentalist parson and a town’s first woman brewer. The 1984 miners’ strike forms the backdrop to \u003ci\u003eThat Summer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo plays from Edgar’s ‘Iron Curtain Trilogy’ are next: \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of the Table\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePentecost\u003c\/i\u003e, examining themes of negotiation in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall.\u003ci\u003e Talking to Mars\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the collapse of the Cold War through the eyes of an international radio station.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Parts\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping murder mystery, adapted for radio by David Edgar from the novel written by his late wife Eve Brook. \u003ci\u003ePlaying with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful exploration of racial tensions in multicultural Britain, and \u003ci\u003eSomething Wrong about the Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e is about a man who wants to commission a portrait of a woman he can't produce, dressed for an event that didn't occur. \u003ci\u003eIf Only\u003c\/i\u003e finds a Labour spin doctor, a Tory MP and a Lib Dem party worker stranded by the Icelandic ash cloud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Edgar’s 2019 solo show, \u003ci\u003eTrying It On\u003c\/i\u003e, sees him delving into the background of his landmark play, \u003ci\u003eMaydays\u003c\/i\u003e. This collection concludes with \u003ci\u003eMaydays\u003c\/i\u003e, refashioned by Edgar into a sweeping three-part audio epic charting the journey of idealistic young activists from the far-left to the die-hard right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eTrack List:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e01: Introduction by David Edgar\u003cbr\u003e02-05: Destiny\u003cbr\u003e06-08: Saigon Rose\u003cbr\u003e09-11: The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs\u003cbr\u003e12-13: Mary Barnes\u003cbr\u003e14-15: Ecclesiastes\u003cbr\u003e16-17: A Movie Starring Me\u003cbr\u003e18-19: Entertaining Strangers\u003cbr\u003e20-21: That Summer\u003cbr\u003e22-23: The Shape of the Table\u003cbr\u003e24-28: Pentecost\u003cbr\u003e29-30: Talking to Mars\u003cbr\u003e31-32: The Secret Parts\u003cbr\u003e33-34: Playing with Fire\u003cbr\u003e35: Something Wrong About the Mouth\u003cbr\u003e36-37: If Only\u003cbr\u003e38: Trying It On\u003cbr\u003e39-41: Maydays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by David Edgar\u003cbr\u003eThe Secret Parts written by Eve Brook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText copyright © David Edgar 1976 (Saigon Rose, Destiny), 1977 (Ecclesiastes), 1978 (The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs), 1979 (Mary Barnes), 1983 (Maydays), 1987 (That Summer), 1990 (The Shape of the Table), 1991 (A Movie Starring Me), 1994 (Pentecost), 1996 (Talking to Mars), 2005 (Playing with Fire), 2007 (Something Wrong About the Mouth), 2013 (If Only), 2018 (Trying It On)\u003cbr\u003eThe Secret Parts text copyright © Eve Brook 2000\u003cbr\u003eAll rights reserved\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49353345728816,"sku":"BDi25k","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/460700-i25k-Square.jpg?v=1734343692","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i25k","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}