{"product_id":"folk-paperback","title":"Folk - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNell Leyshon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for an Olivier Award 2022\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'll tell you one more thing. I got more songs in my head than I ever told you. I got enough to sing for days...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1903, Somerset. Rooted in the land where she has lived her entire life, Louie Hooper's mind overflows with its songs - more than 300 of them passed down from her mother. Cecil Sharp, a composer visiting from London, fears England's folk songs will be lost forever and sets out on a mission to transcribe each and every one. He believes Louie's music should speak not just for this place but for the whole of England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNell Leyshon's Olivier Award-nominated play with songs originally heard on BBC Radio before a sold-out, highly acclaimed run at London's Hampstead Theatre. The production was revived in June 2022 due to popular demand.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNell Leyshon \u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist and playwright, born in Glastonbury and now based in Dorset. She has written a number of plays for BBC Radios 3 and 4. Her stage plays include \u003ci\u003eComfort Me with Apples\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright award in 2005 and an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story \u003ci\u003eDon't Look Now\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2010, she became the first female playwright to be commissioned to write for Shakespeare's Globe since 1599.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.79 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718714232895,"sku":"9781350356733","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e6d8db9bc13f5ebc683f867c99199574.webp?v=1765082976","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/folk-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}