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Kenneth Lonergan: Three Plays (Paperback)
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Kenneth Lonergan: Three Plays (Paperback)
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Described as 'America's greatest living playwright' (Wall Street
Journal), Kenneth Lonergan is internationally acclaimed for his
trademark humour and his genius for capturing the real heart and
soul of human interactions. This volume gathers together three of
his landmark plays. This Is Our Youth (1996) is a wildly funny,
bittersweet and lacerating look at three days in the lives of three
affluent young Manhattanites in the 1980s. Its West End premiere in
2002 was notable for its successive casts of young Hollywood stars,
including Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Paquin
and Summer Phoenix. 'A rambunctious and witty play... caustic,
cruel, compassionate' The New York Times. The Waverly Gallery
(1999) is a poignant, generous and frequently hilarious play about
a feisty grandmother's last battle against Alzheimer's disease.
More than a memory play, it captures the humour and strength of a
family in the face of crisis. It was a finalist for the 2001
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and revived on Broadway in 2018 to
widespread acclaim. 'Both one of the most beautiful things you'll
ever see in a Broadway theatre and one of the most profoundly sad'
Chicago Tribune. Lobby Hero (2001) tells the story of a luckless
young security guard trying to get his life together after being
thrown out of the navy. But working in a lobby proves to be no
sanctuary from the world, as he is unwittingly drawn into a murder
investigation. The play received its British premiere at the Donmar
Warehouse, London, in 2002, and was also revived on Broadway in
2018. 'Artfully intertwines private and public issues... [Lonergan]
has the lightest of touches and writes with deft humour' Guardian.
This collection, published alongside the UK premiere of Lonergan's
The Starry Messenger in 2019, also features an exclusive
introduction by the author.
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