"The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic
political commentary." -"Time"
"Acerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding
in a rarefied manner. Its implications are both affecting and
disturbing." -"Los Angeles Times"
"In his exquisitely written dramatic lament for the decline of
high culture. . . . Shawn] offers a definition of the self that
should rattle the defenses of intellectual snobs everywhere." -"The
New York Times"
Writer and performer Wallace Shawn's landmark 1996 play features
three characters--a respected poet, his daughter, and her
English-professor husband--suspected of subversion in a world where
culture has come under the control of the ruling oligarchy. Told
through three interwoven monologues, the Orwellian political story
is recounted alongside the visceral dissolution of a marriage. The
play debuted at the Royal National Theatre in London, in a
production directed by David Hare, who also directed the film
version, starring Mike Nichols and Miranda Richardson. The play's
subsequent New York premiere was staged in a long-abandoned men's
club in lower Manhattan, directed by Shawn's longtime collaborator
Andre Gregory.
Wallace Shawn is the author of "Our Late Night" (OBIE Award for
Best Play), "Marie and Bruce," "Aunt Dan and Lemon," "The Fever,"
and the screenplay for "My Dinner with Andre." His most recent
play, "Grasses of a Thousand Colors," premiered last year in
London.
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