{"product_id":"the-damned-united-9781350005136","title":"The Damned United","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Don Revie took over this club, Leeds were a rugby league town. No interest in football. Gates under 10,000. We'd never won a thing. He built one of the great clubs of English football, one of the great teams of English football, from scratch on barren ground from nothing more than spirit and fight and nous, which are the exact same qualities you used at Derby. And out of jealousy, you never tried to understand that. Never tried to make the most of that. Sad. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1974. Brian Clough, the enfant terrible of British football, tries to redeem his managerial career and reputation by winning the European Cup with his new team, Leeds United. The team he has openly despised for years, the team he hates and that hates him. Don Revie's Leeds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA West Yorkshire Playhouse and Red Ladder Theatre Company co-production, adapted from David Peace's ingenious and much-lauded novel, which was subsequently made into a film starring Michael Sheen, \u003ci\u003eThe Damned United\u003c\/i\u003e takes you inside the tortured mind of a genius slamming up against his limits, and brings to life the beauty and brutality of football, the working man's ballet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnders Lustgarten's stage adaptation of David Peace's novel received its world premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse on 3 March 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Peace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Plays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350005136","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706475974793,"sku":"9781350005136","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ba60694a-cf83-4c55-b7d5-3b7d55716453.jpg?v=1719458094","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-damned-united-9781350005136","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}