Evening at the talk house / Wallace Shawn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shawn, Wallace, author.

Language:

English

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

86 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2017.

Summary:

"Gathering around a table at the Talk House, an old haunt, a group of friends and theatre artists reunite after ten years to reminisce and catch-up on each other's lives. At first, the conversation is fairly run-of-the-mill: current TV shows and where their careers have taken them. Eventually, the discussion's tone takes a turn when they mention supplementing their incomes through the government-led program to enlist unemployed artists for drone strikes and carrying out violent attacks on foreign land. As is typical of Shawn's plays, the premise at once amuses and unsettles, forcing the viewer to wonder whether being too idle makes all of us complicit in the world's ongoing destruction. Wallace Shawn is a noted actor and writer. His often politically-charged and controversial plays include The Fever, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Marie and Bruce, and The Designated Mourner. With André Gregory, he co-wrote My Dinner with André, in which he also starred. He adapted the classic Ibsen play A Master Builder for film"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Shawn, Wallace, author. Evening at the talk house.

ISBN:

9781559365208

155936520X

OCLC:

945948936