{"product_id":"john-guare-plays-loa-392","title":"John Guare: Plays (Loa #392)","description":"\u003cb\u003eTony Kushner presents a career-spanning collection of 14 masterworks by the Tony Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSix Degrees of Separation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe very best plays by one of the foremost American playwrights of his generation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"More than any other American playwright, John Guare's work feels uncannily prophetic,\" observes Tony Kushner. \"His plays, with an original combination of realism, dream state, psychopathology, vision, delusion, humor, compassion, grief, and terror, map out the landscape of what life feels like in the here and now.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is an indispensable one-volume retrospective of an essential American playwright. It includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA selection of one-act plays from the 1960s that show Guare exploring, on a small scale, the subjects that would continue to preoccupy him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuare's breakout Off-Broadway hit, \u003cb\u003eThe House of Blue Leaves\u003c\/b\u003e, a daring, darkly hilarious comedy that presciently takes aim at the excesses of celebrity worship in America. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarefully plotted to yield unexpected surprises, plays such as \u003cb\u003eRich and Famous\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLandscape of the Body\u003c\/b\u003e that delve into the nature of envy and longing amid an ostentatiously affluent society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDramas set in the past, such as the Lydie Breeze trilogy and the later \u003cb\u003eA Free Man of Color\u003c\/b\u003e, take a broader historical view of America's utopian longings and racial hypocrisies. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis best-known work, \u003cb\u003eSix Degrees of Separation\u003c\/b\u003e, which shows itself to be an enduring landmark of the American stage, a stunning fusion of comic and tragic elements and a subtle, emotionally powerful investigation into the depths of deception and authenticity. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the first time, Guare's short play \"Woman at a Threshold, Beckoning\" as well as his acclaimed screenplay for Louis Malle's film \u003cb\u003eAtlantic City\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis deluxe collector's edition gathers cherished masterpieces and rare and hard-to-find gems by one of our greatest living playwrights.","brand":"Michael Paller, John Guare, Tony Kushner, Anne Cattaneo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288338383084,"sku":"9781598538168","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781598538168.jpg?v=1770542266","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/john-guare-plays-loa-392","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}