"_After the Revolution_ is a smart, funny and provocative play. . . . Herzog deftly avoids simple-minded polemics in favor of richly detailed people who are as ready to examine their relationships as they are their consciences."--_Variety_ "A funny, moving new play . . . _4,000 Miles_ is a quiet me
4000 Miles and After the Revolution
β Scribed by Herzog, Amy
- Book ID
- 108059819
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781559367165
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β¦ Synopsis
"After the Revolution is a smart, funny and provocative play. . . . Herzog deftly avoids simple-minded polemics in favor of richly detailed people who are as ready to examine their relationships as they are their consciences."--Variety
"A funny, moving new play . . . 4,000 Miles is a quiet meditation on mortality. But it's hardly a downer: Ms. Herzog's altogether wonderful drama also illuminates how companionship can make life meaningful, moment by moment, in death's discomforting shadow."--The New York Times
Known for delicately detailed character studies that subtly balance humor and insight, Amy Herzog is swiftly emerging as a striking new voice in the American theater. After the Revolution , an astute and ironic drama about how society appropriates history for its own psychological needs, was heralded by The New York Times as one of the Ten Best New Plays of 2010. Herzog's other critical hit, _4,000...
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