The complete plays / Brendan Behan ; introduced by Alan Simpson ; with a bibliography by E. H. Mikhail.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Behan, Brendan.

Contributor:

Simpson, Alan, 1920-1980.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Black cat book

A Black cat book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plays.

English drama.

English drama--20th century.

English drama--Irish authors.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

384 pages ; 18 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press : distributed by Random House, 1978.

Summary:

In "Seconds of Pleasure," acclaimed award-winning director and playwright Neil LaBute, brings to the page his cutting humor and compelling take on the shadowy terrain of the human heart. Best known for his controversial plays and films, his short fiction has appeared in "The New Yorker" and "Playboy." Seductive and provocative, each potent and pithy tale in "Seconds of Pleasure" finds men and women exploiting -- or at the mercy of -- the hidden fault lines that separate them: In "Time Share," a woman leaves her family at their vacation home after discovering her husband in a compromising situation; a middle-aged man obsesses over a scab on the calf of a pretty young girl in "Boo-Boo"; and a vain Hollywood actor gets his comeuppance in "Soft Target." LaBute infuses "Seconds of Pleasure" with his trademark wit and black humor, and unleashes his imagination in stories that offer unflinching insight into our very human shortcomings and impure urges with shocking candor.

Contents:

The quare fellow

The hostage

Richard's cork leg

Moving out

A garden party

The big house.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [28]-34).

ISBN:

9780802142122

0802142125

9780394170527

0394170520

9780802130709

0802130704

OCLC:

4368536