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Why Torture Is Wrong and the People Who Love Them
Author | : Christopher Durang |
Publsiher | : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2012-09-11 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780802194411 |
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“[A] hilarious and disturbing new comedy about all-American violence” and other whip-smart political satires by the Tony Award-winning playwright (Ben Branley, The New York Times). Christopher Durang, who The New York Observer called “Jonathan Swift’s nicer, younger brother,” became one of America’s most beloved and acclaimed playwrights by marrying gonzo farce with incisive social critique. Now collected in Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them and Other Political Plays are Durang’s most revealing satirical plays. Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them is the story of a young woman in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father’s hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government? Does her mother frequent the theater for mental escape, or is she just insane? Add in a minister who directs porno, and a ladylike operative whose underwear just won’t stay up, and this black comedy will make us laugh all the way to the waterboarding room. Also included in this volume are: Excerpts from Sex and Longing Cardinal O’Connor The Book of Leviticus Show Entertaining Mr. Helms The Doctor Will See You Now Under Duress: Words on Fire An Alter Boy Talks to God The Hardy Boys and the Mystery of Where Babies Come From
Why Torture Is Wrong and the People who Love Them and Other Political Plays
Author | : Christopher Durang |
Publsiher | : Grove Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780802145673 |
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The title play tells the story of a young woman who wakes up to find herself in bed with a man she does not know, and to whom she has apparently got married while drunk the previous night. And to make matters worse, it seems like he might be a terrorist.
DPS Catalogue of New Plays 2009 2010
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0822223961 |
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The Theatre of Christopher Durang
Author | : Miriam Chirico |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2020-05-14 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781474288934 |
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The Theatre of Christopher Durang considers the works of one of the foremost comedic writers for the American stage. From Durang's early success with the controversial Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (1974) to his recent Tony Award-winning play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2012), he has been an original theatrical voice in American theatre. Edith Oliver, long-time theatre critic for The New Yorker, described Durang as “one of the funniest men in the world.” Durang challenges traditional dramatic idioms with his irreverent comedies that are as shocking as they are prescient and compassionate. This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of Durang's works and incorporates comedic theory to examine how laughter in performance subverts social conventions and hierarchies. Through a clear, detailed discussion of the plays, Miriam Chirico considers Durang's use of black comedy, satire, and parody to explode such topics as: western literature, religion, dysfunctional families, and American social malaise. Robert Combs and Jay Malarcher provide additional critical perspectives about Durang's works, detailing his use of alienation techniques and locating his place within the American parodic tradition. The book also includes a warm introduction by Durang's former student, Pulitzer Prize-winner, David Lindsay-Abaire. The Theatre of Christopher Durang, in demonstrating how Durang has shaped contemporary theatrical possibilities, offers a valuable guide for students of American drama and comedy.
Typography Essentials
Author | : Ina Saltz |
Publsiher | : Rockport Publishers |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9781616736217 |
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A deep understanding of letterforms and knowledge of their effective use can only be obtained with constant observation and experimentation; it evolves over a lifetime of design practice and study. This comprehensive guide is intended to advance the progress of designers seeking to deepen their typographic expertise. Typography Essentials is a practical, hands-on resource to distill, organize, and compartmentalize—but not to oversimplify—the many complex issues surrounding the effective use of typography. It is for designers of every medium in which type plays a major role, and is organized and designed to make the process enjoyable and entertaining, as well as instructional. New in paperback, this book is divided into four easy-to-use sections: The Letter, The Word, The Paragraph, and The Page. Each of the 100 principles has an explanation and examples representing the principle in action.
Miss Witherspoon
Author | : Christopher Durang |
Publsiher | : Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Death |
ISBN | : 0822221535 |
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THE STORY: Veronica, already scarred by too many failed relationships, finds the world a frightening place. Skylab, an American space station that came crashing down to earth, in particular, haunts and enrages her. So she has committed suicide, and
The Prop Building Guidebook
Author | : Eric Hart |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780240821382 |
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"An essential resource for you to plan and construct numerous kinds of props...walks you through techniques used in historical and contemporary prop making and teaches you how to apply them to a variety of materials...outlines a process to tackle many types of props for your theatrical or cinematic production. This process gives you the foundational knowledge to choose certain materials and methods and the background techniques to know the advantages these choices give you...photographs illustrate the tools and techniques used by professional prop makers throughout the entertainment industry." -- Back cover.
Blowing My Cover
Author | : Lindsay Moran |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2005-11-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781101117798 |
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Call me naïve, but when I was a girl-watching James Bond and devouring Harriet the Spy-all I wanted was to grow up to be a spy. Unlike most kids, I didn't lose my secret-agent aspirations. So as a bright-eyed, idealistic college grad, I sent my resume to the CIA. Getting in was a story in itself. I peed in more cups than you could imagine, and was nearly condemned as a sexual deviant by the staff psychologist. My roommates were getting freaked out by government investigators lurking around, asking questions about my past. Finally, the CIA was training me to crash cars into barriers at 60 mph. Jump out of airplanes with cargo attached to my body. Survive interrogation, travel in alias, lose a tail. One thing they didn't teach us was how to date a guy while lying to him about what you do for a living. That I had to figure out for myself. Then I was posted overseas. And that's when the real fun began.