A01=Bruce Norris
American drama
Author_Bruce Norris
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comedy drama
drama
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modern drama
plays
Playwrights Horizons
Royal Court Theatre
satirical drama
Steppenwolf
theatre
US drama
Product details
- ISBN 9781854595843
- Weight: 144g
- Dimensions: 132 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 12 Jul 2007
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A hilarious social satire about liberal hypocrisy from an American writer whose work has been staged by the world famous Steppenwolf Theatre.
A cosy family Thanksgiving dinner for six. But someone - or something - is leaving bite marks in the avocados. Clay and Kelly's daughter Kayla has an itch and Carol can't remember who played Gandhi.
Bruce Norris's play The Pain and the Itch holds up a mirror to those who want it all: moral superiority and a widescreen TV.
It was first staged by Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in June 2005. The play received its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons in September 2006, and was first performed in the UK at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2007.
Bruce Norris is an American actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago.
His plays include: Downstate (Steppenwolf, 2018; National Theatre, 2019); The Low Road (Royal Court Theatre, 2013); Clybourne Park (New York, 2010; Royal Court Theatre, 2010); The Pain and the Itch (Steppenwolf, 2005; Royal Court Theatre, 2007) and Purple Heart (Steppenwolf, 2002).
His play Clybourne Park won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
