The Oberon anthology of contemporary American plays.

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Paperback The Oberon anthology of contemporary American plays.

Publication year: 2012

Language: English

Media class: Paperback

Classification: 812.608

Publisher: Oberon Books,

Resource type: Physical

ISBN: 1849431531 9781849431538 (pb) :

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Introduction -- Introduction to Kin by Christopher Durang -- Kin / Bathsheba Doran -- Introduction to Middletown by Gordon Lish -- Middletown / Will Eno -- Itamar and me / Doug White -- Completeness / Itamar Moses -- The writer's ear / Edward Albee -- God's ear / Jenny Schwartz

A collection of plays from four critically acclaimed American writers, all of whom have written for the stage and screen. This new series brings together some of the best new writing from contemporary American playwrights. Volume One is introduced by Andre Bishop, Artistic Director of the Lincoln CenterTheater, the most prestigious theatre in the USA. Each play is introduced by critically acclaimed writers themselves. The volume includes: KIN by Bathsheba Doran, (with an introduction by Chris Durang) Kin sheds a sharp light on the changing face of kinship in the expansive landscape of the modern world. 'Simply terrific. Perhaps the finest new play of the season. Funny andaudacious, haunting, and exquisitely wrought.'Charles Isherwood, New York Times MIDDLETOWN by Will Eno (with an introduction by Gordon Lish) Middletown was awarded the prestigious Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play in 2010. 'Middletown glimmers from start to finish with tart, funny, gorgeous little c

Extent: 339 pages ; 22 cm