To view prices and purchase online, please login or create an account now.



The America Play and Other Works

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The America Play and Other Works
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Suzan-Lori Parks
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 215,Width 137
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9781559360920
ClassificationsDewey:812.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Publication Date 17 November 1994
Publication Country United States

Description

"Parks has burst through every known convention to invent a new theatrical language, like a jive Samuel Beckett, while exploding American cultural myths and stereotypes along the way.... She's passionate and jokey and some kind of genius."--Vogue

Author Biography

One of the contemporary American theater's most innovative wordsmiths. Her plays include: Topdog/Underdog (2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), In the Blood (2000 Pulitzer-nominee), Fucking A, Venus (OBIE Award), The America Play and Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom (OBIE Award, Best New American Play). She is also a screenwriter, novelist, and MacArthur "Genius" grantee.