{"product_id":"the-hills-of-california-9781636702186","title":"The Hills of California","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe latest work from acclaimed playwright Jez Butterworth, \u003cem\u003eThe Hills of California\u003c\/em\u003e is a generational drama that rifles through decades of one family's past.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlackpool, 1976. The driest summer in two hundred years. The beaches are packed. The hotels are heaving. In the sweltering backstreets, far from the choc ices and donkey rides, the Webb Sisters are returning to their mother's run-down guest house, as she lies dying upstairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A new Jez Butterworth play is very much An Event-time to get excited.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eTime Out London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Magnificent, moving and quietly furious...a rich, funny, brilliantly layered drama about lost dreams, trampled hopes, parenting and letting go.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable play...unfurls with the richness and depth of a well-crafted novel...Butterworth remains a one-off, a man who can write plays about ordinary people that carry the charge of the great tragedies.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eTime Out London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exquisite...Devastatingly moving, bitterly funny, tender, cruel and wise.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'Bittersweet and bitingly funny...Butterworth's poetic verbosity is in full evidence, along with savage humour, painful pathos and simmering rage...thought-provoking, heartbreaking and multi-layered.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eBroadway World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully well-written...Filled with believable, colourful characters...expertly engineered...a rich text, full of nuance and glorious dialogue.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eExpress\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Intelligent, witty and studded with good lines, fine performances, resonances, echoes and a lingering sense of loss.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Epic and ambitious...The writing is closely observed, humorous, but with ripples of anger beneath the surface.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eWhatsOnStage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jez Butterworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 4.96w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636702186","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43311293268105,"sku":"9781636702186","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_006c5dd7-2ec6-4b58-9951-af3a277c8410.jpg?v=1738051049","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-hills-of-california-9781636702186","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}