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New light shine / Shannon Murdoch ; foreword by John Guare.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murdoch, Shannon.
- Series:
- Yale drama series
- Yale Drama Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Siblings--Drama.
- Siblings.
- Family secrets--Drama.
- Family secrets.
- Violent crimes--Drama.
- Violent crimes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (80 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When he was twelve, Joe snuck into the field on the edge of town and saw the Town Mayor with his sister Peregrine. This one moment has overwhelmed and transformed his life, becoming the only thing that holds any importance to him. Years later, in jail for murder, Joe waits for Peregrine so that he can explain his plan for her future, a plan so intricately assembled that he has given it a name-New Light Shine.Four characters in Shannon Murdoch's bold new play are trapped in an argument of memory that threatens to turn perception into truth. Their task is to dig through years of silence and half-truths to arrive at a future that may at last bring peace. In the ensuing struggles, disturbing questions arise-about female and child sexuality as well as the responsibilities of government and community in raising children.Selecting Murdoch's New Light Shine from more than 800 submissions that arrived from the far reaches of the English-speaking world, contest judge John Guare praises the distinct voice of this play and its challenging subject. ";I read it, put it aside, went back to it, couldn't get it out of my head,"; he recollects. ";This raw, haunting, richly poetic, deeply emotional play affected me as no other entry did.";
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- New Light Shine
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 1-283-60432-9
- 9786613916778
- 0-300-18604-5
- OCLC:
- 812786361
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