{"product_id":"intimate-apparel","title":"Intimate Apparel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy (author) Lynn Nottage; By (author) Nottage Lynn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort description\/annotation:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLynn Nottage''s\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIntimate Apparel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a multi-award-winning play about the empowerment of Esther, a seamstress in 1905 New York who creates exquisite lingerie for both Fifth Avenue boudoirs and Tenderloin bordellos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLynn Nottage''s\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIntimate Apparel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a multi-award-winning play about the empowerment of a black seamstress in New York City in 1905.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEsther sews exquisite lingerie for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. She has saved enough to allow her to dream of one day opening a beauty salon for black women, and at thirty-five years old, longs for a husband and a future. When she begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome Caribbean man who is working on the Panama Canal, it looks like life may be about to take a different course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntimate Apparel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas first produced by South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, and Centerstage in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2003, winning the New York Drama Critics'' Circle Award for Best Play and the American Theatre Critics\/Steinberg New Play Award. It received its UK premiere at the Theatre Royal Bath in 2014 before transferring to Park Theatre, London, the same year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview quote:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''Marvellous... quietly subversive, its recovery of lost lives makes this a defining piece of American drama''\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview quote:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''Finely wrought... [a] play tinged with love, warmth and lightness''\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview quote:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''Tender, illuminating... this warm, rich, complex tale will stay in the memory for a long time to come''\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview quote:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''An exceptionally gifted playwright''\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview quote:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''A thing of beauty''\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiographical note:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLynn Nottage is a double Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include: Clyde''s; Mlima''s Tale; Sweat (winner of the Pulitzer Prize); By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Ruined (winner of the Pulitzer Prize); Intimate Apparel; Fabulation; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; Por''knockers and POOF! Nottage was the recipient of the 2010 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, a MacArthur Foundation ''Genius'' Grant, the Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award, the inaugural Horton Foote Prize for Outstanding New American Play (for Ruined), the Lee Reynolds Award and the Jewish World Watch iWitness Award. Her other honours include the Madge Evans and Sidney Kingsley Award, the National Black Theatre Festival''s August Wilson Playwriting Award, the 2005 Guggenheim Grant for Playwriting, the 2004 PEN\/Laura Pels Award, and fellowships from the Lucille Lortel Foundation, the Manhattan Theatre Club, New Dramatists and New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a co-founder and producer at Market Road Films LLC, a film production company.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"data table additional-attributes\" id=\"product-attribute-specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Author\"\u003eBy (author) Lynn Nottage\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eDate Of Publication\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Date Of Publication\"\u003eJul 3, 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eEAN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"EAN\"\u003e9781848424371\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Contributors\"\u003eLynn Nottage; Nottage Lynn\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Publisher\"\u003eNick Hern Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eLanguages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Languages\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eCountry of Publication\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Country of Publication\"\u003eUnited Kingdom\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eWidth\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Width\"\u003e129 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eHeight\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Height\"\u003e198 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eProduct Forms\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Product Forms\"\u003ePaperback \/ Softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eAvailability in Stores\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Availability in Stores\"\u003eOnline\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Weight\"\u003e0.12 Kg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49240685609210,"sku":null,"price":20.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/2131\/3786\/files\/9786140122680_db3248b5-88d5-4a1f-aad4-ced8923ec6fa.jpg?v=1782903013","url":"https:\/\/bookboxlb.shop\/products\/intimate-apparel","provider":"BookBox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}