12, ISBN: 9781559366564

""The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic political commentary." -Time"Acerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding in a rarefied manner. Its implication… More...

""The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic political commentary." -Time"Acerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding in a rarefied manner. Its implications are both affecting and disturbing." -Los Angeles Times"In his exquisitely written dramatic lament for the decline of high culture. . [Shawn] offers a definition of the self that should rattle the defenses of intellectual snobs everywhere." -The New York TimesWriter and performer Wallace Shawn's landmark 199" ""The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic political commentary." -Time"Acerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding in a rarefied manner. Its implications are both affecting and disturbing." -Los Angeles Times"In his exquisitely written dramatic lament for the decline of high culture. . [Shawn] offers a definition of the self that should rattle the defenses of intellectual snobs everywhere." -The New York TimesWriter and performer Wallace Shawn's landmark 1996 play features three characters-a respected poet, his daughter, and her English-professor husband-suspected of subversion in a world where culture has come under the control of the ruling oligarchy. Told through three interwoven monologues, the Orwellian political story is recounted alongside the visceral dissolution of a marriage. The play debuted at the Royal National Theatre in London, in a production directed by David Hare, who also directed the film version, starring Mike Nichols and Miranda Richardson. The play's subsequent New York premiere was staged in a long-abandoned men's club in lower Manhattan, directed by Shawn's longtime collaborator André Gregory. Wallace Shawn is the author of Our Late Night (OBIE Award for Best Play), Marie and Bruce, Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Fever, and the screenplay for My Dinner with André. His most recent play, Grasses of a Thousand Colors, premiered last year in London." Adult, Drama, The Designated Mourner~~ Wallace Shawn~~Adult~~Drama~~9781559366564, en, The Designated Mourner, Wallace Shawn, 9781559366564, Theatre Communications Group, 12/21/2010, , , , Theatre Communications Group, 12/21/2010<

2010, ISBN: 9781559366564

The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic political commentary. TimeAcerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding in a rarefied manner. Its implications are… More...

The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic political commentary. TimeAcerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding in a rarefied manner. Its implications are both affecting and disturbing. Los Angeles TimesIn his exquisitely written dramatic lament for the decline of high culture. . . . [Shawn] offers a definition of the self that should rattle the defenses of intellectual snobs everywhere. The New York TimesWriter and performer Wallace Shawns landmark 1996 play features three charactersa respected poet, his daughter, and her English-professor husbandsuspected of subversion in a world where culture has come under the control of the ruling oligarchy. Told through three interwoven monologues, the Orwellian political story is recounted alongside the visceral dissolution of a marriage. The play debuted at the Royal National Theatre in London, in a production directed by David Hare, who also directed the film version, starring Mike Nichols and Miranda Richardson. The plays subsequent New York premiere was staged in a long-abandoned mens club in lower Manhattan, directed by Shawns longtime collaborator André Gregory.Wallace Shawn is the author of Our Late Night (OBIE Award for Best Play), Marie and Bruce, Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Fever, and the screenplay for My Dinner with André. His most recent play, Grasses of a Thousand Colors, premiered last year in London. A major work in the writings of Wallace Shawn. eBook ePUB 21.12.2010 eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks>Sach- & Fachthemen, Theatre Communications Group, .201<

2012, ISBN: 9781559366564

""The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic political commentary." -Time"Acerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding in a rarefied manner. Its implication… More...

""The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic political commentary." -Time"Acerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding in a rarefied manner. Its implications are both affecting and disturbing." -L" Adult, Drama, The Designated Mourner~~ Wallace Shawn~~Adult~~Drama~~9781559366564, en, The Designated Mourner, Wallace Shawn, 9781559366564, Theatre Communications Group, 12/21/2010, , , , Theatre Communications Group, 12/21/2010<

2010, ISBN: 9781559366564

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: Theatre Communications Group], Theatre Communications Group, 2010

2010, ISBN: 9781559366564

eBook Download (EPUB), eBooks, [PU: Theatre Communications Group]