Illyria Contributor(s): Nelson, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0881457523 ISBN-13: 9780881457520 Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing OUR PRICE: $12.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
Physical Information: 0.23" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.31 lbs) 112 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "A majestic new play." "ILLYRIA...works its way between your ribs." "ILLYRIA affords distinctive...pleasures that no one these days does better than Mr Nelson. I mean the sense of experiencing life, in all its trivia and eventfulness, happening in a very specific moment, among people who know one another well." "Uses the stage not as a pedestal but as a field of whispered dreams." "Chekovian discussions unfold against a subtly evoked backdrop of lurking menace. At stake is not just free Shakespeare but the characters' livelihoods amid ongoing McCarthyite witch-hunts..." "Playgoers are well aware of Nelson's excellence at probing the hopes and illusions of modern-day characters. Here, he takes the larger-than-life Papp & pals and places them into something of a backstage morality play with sheathes of undercurrents worthy of old Will." "ILLYRIA's artists catch us up in their rich, reeling talk. But the scale and scope here is vigorously human..." |