{"product_id":"9781472568243","title":"Noël Coward Screenplays : In Which We Serve, Brief Encounter, the Astonished Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together three of Coward's most important screenplays - In Which We Serve (1942), Brief Encounter (1945) and The Astonished Heart (1950). The collection features the shooting scripts for each film alongside contextual notes for each play, and a general introduction, by Barry Day. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Which We Serve earned Coward an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 as well as the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film. The film remains a classic of wartime British cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrief Encounter, the most famous screenplay in this collection, is based on Coward's 1936 one-act play Still Life. It remains one of the greatest love stories of all time, coming second in a British Film Institute poll of the top 100 British films. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Astonished Heart tells the story of a psychiatrist's growing obsession for a good-time girl and the resulting tragedy this leads to. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection features a foreword by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator Emeritus, Film, at New York's MoMA, and an eight-page black and white plate section of production stills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48942458863851,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":292.99,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781472568243-1.jpg?v=1783108747","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781472568243","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}