| Playing Bare Contributor(s): Champagne, Dominic (Author), Tepperman, Shelley (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0889223351 ISBN-13: 9780889223356 Publisher: Talonbooks OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1993 Annotation: Witty, prickly and fresh, Playing Bare is a mordant satire on the relation between theatre and life. An accomplished actress is on the verge of a nervous breakdown as she directs Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. In her deranged effort to expose the emptiness of playing fictional characters, she casts the lead roles with a pair of non-actors whose lives mirror those of the characters they play. Her search for the ultimate theatrical experience - life becoming art - takes the action in hilarious and insightful directions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Canadian |
| Dewey: 812 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.58" W x 8.5" (0.38 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Witty, prickly and fresh, Playing Bare is a mordant satire on the relation between theatre and life. An accomplished actress is on the verge of a nervous breakdown as she directs Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. In her deranged effort to expose the emptiness of playing fictional characters, she casts the lead roles with a pair of non-actors whose lives mirror those of the characters they play. Her search for the ultimate theatrical experience--life becoming art--takes the action in hilarious and insightful directions. |
