John (TCG Edition) - Couverture rigide

Baker, Annie

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1559365285 ISBN 13 : 9781559365284

Editeur : Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S., 2016

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Annie Baker's John is so good on so many levels that it casts a unique and brilliant light By not rushing things by letting the characters develop as gradually and inevitably as rain or snowfall Baker returns us to the naturalistic but soulful theatre that many of her contemporaries and near-contemporaries have disavowed in their rush to be 'postmodern. --New Yorker

John,like any great play, raises a lot of questions not just about the human experience, but also about the state of contemporary theater, it doesn't provide many answers; it is not the playwright's responsibility to do so. In John she co-opts the viewer for her own aesthetic use, heightening the tension onstage and deepening the quiet relationships between her characters. Through John, she displays an understanding that the audience is part of the theatrical experience, an inevitability as certain as a Chekhovian gun. --Slate

Biographie de l'auteur :

Annie Baker's other plays include The Flick (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Hull-Warriner Award, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Obie Award), Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie Award), The Aliens (Obie Award), and an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Her plays have been produced at more than 150 theaters throughout the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries. Recent honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Steinberg Playwright Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, and the 2015/16 Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library. She is a resident playwright at Signature Theatre.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1559365285
• ISBN 13: 9781559365284
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160