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Evening at the talk house / Wallace Shawn.

Author/creator Shawn, Wallace author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst Edition.
Publication Info New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2017.
Description86 pages ; 22 cm
Abstract "Gathering around a table at the Talk House, an old haunt, a group of friends and theatre artists reunite after ten years to reminisce and catch-up on each other's lives. At first, the conversation is fairly run-of-the-mill: current TV shows and where their careers have taken them. Eventually, the discussion's tone takes a turn when they mention supplementing their incomes through the government-led program to enlist unemployed artists for drone strikes and carrying out violent attacks on foreign land. As is typical of Shawn's plays, the premise at once amuses and unsettles, forcing the viewer to wonder whether being too idle makes all of us complicit in the world's ongoing destruction. Wallace Shawn is a noted actor and writer. His often politically-charged and controversial plays include The Fever, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Marie and Bruce, and The Designated Mourner. With André Gregory, he co-wrote My Dinner with André, in which he also starred. He adapted the classic Ibsen play A Master Builder for film"-- Provided by publisher.
Issued in other formOnline version: Shawn, Wallace, author. Evening at the talk house First Edition. New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2017 9781559368605
LCCN 2016040003
ISBN9781559365208 (paperback)
ISBN155936520X (paperback)

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks PS3569 .H387 E94 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold