{"product_id":"big-toys-by-patrick-white","title":"'Big Toys' by Patrick White","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003eWritten in the late 1970s, \u003cem\u003eBig Toys\u003c\/em\u003e is Patrick White and his acidic, three-character play about sex, money, class loyalty and possession forming a big bad moral vacuum.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAt its centre is a triangle between Queen’s Counsel Ritchie Bosanquet, his wife Mag, and Terry Legge, an idealistic trade union leader who is also a prosecution witness in a case Ritchie is defending. Ritchie’s solution is characteristically foul: use Mag to charm Terry, compromise his testimony and make betrayal look like upward mobility. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eWhite makes all three characters complicit in different ways, and the comedy is vicious because everyone is articulate enough to explain themselves and compromised enough for the explanations not to save them. First staged by the Old Tote Theatre Company in Sydney in 1977, \u003cem\u003eBig Toys\u003c\/em\u003e was republished by Currency Press for Playbox Theatre’s 1993 production. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency Press, Sydney, in association with Playbox Theatre Centre of Monash University, 1993. Paperback. Light rubbing and creasing to covers and spine, with minor edge and corner wear. Internally clean; binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46387063685203,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-20T153220.821.png?v=1789882356","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/big-toys-by-patrick-white","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}