{"product_id":"wallace-shawn-plays-1","title":"Wallace Shawn Plays 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e'There is a quality in Shawn's writing - imaginative verve, quiet intensity, a sort of puritan sensitivity or a blend of them all.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first collection of Wallace Shawn's work contains plays from the seventies and eighties, including \u003ci\u003eAunt Dan and Lemon\u003c\/i\u003e, described by Frank Rich in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as 'the most stimulating, not to mention demanding, American play to emerge this year'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAunt Dan and Lemon\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'A mordant comedy for those who really listen in the theatre... A playwright of astonishing originality and veracity.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarie and Bruce\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'A play that sees, hears, smells and tells more about the way we really live now than any American play in years... Wallace Shawn is a true original, one of the most deeply seeing, sharply writing playwrights we have.' \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fever\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'A profoundly engaging and provocative journey through the awakening of a pampered man's conscience.' \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Thought in Three Parts\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Wallace Shawn's highly acclaimed play is a trio of playlets exploring the theme of sexual isolation, each in a very different dramatic style which still retains the author's quite distinctive ability to combine colloquialisms with highly poetic writing in a quirky, sinister way... nasty, hilarious and quite riveting for all the right reasons.' \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57258859266392,"sku":"9780571190928","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/wallace-shawn-plays-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}