{"product_id":"shinn-plays-2-9781350007659","title":"Shinn Plays 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Shinn \u003c\/b\u003eis an American playwright from New York. His plays include \u003ci\u003eNow or Later \u003c\/i\u003e(shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play), \u003ci\u003eDying City\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize finalist), \u003ci\u003eWhere Do We Live\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of an Obie in Playwriting), \u003ci\u003eAn Opening In Time, Teddy Ferrara\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePicked\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat Didn't Happen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOther People\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Coming World\u003c\/i\u003e. His adaptation of \u003ci\u003eHedda Gabler \u003c\/i\u003epremiered   on Broadway (American Airlines Theatre), and he has written short  plays  for Naked Angels (Democracy Project), the 24 Hour Plays on  Broadway,  the Bush Theatre (\u003ci\u003eSixty-Six Books\u003c\/i\u003e), and Headlong (\u003ci\u003eDecade\u003c\/i\u003e).   His work has been premiered by Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan   Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, the Vineyard Theatre, South Coast   Rep, the Goodman, the Royal Court, and the Soho Theatre, and later   produced around the world. Christopher Shinn's awards include a  Guggenhei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow Or Later \u003c\/i\u003eis as potent as David Mamet’s \u003ci\u003eOleanna \u003c\/i\u003ein its exposure of how liberal creeds can – one way or another – be murkily tied in with intolerance * Independent on \"Now Or Later\" *\u003cbr\u003eThe play keeps delivering small shocks and aches that end in a standoff, or maybe in that pause between despair, resignation, and a twinge of hope. Haunting. * New York Times on \"Four\" *\u003cbr\u003eSurprising nuance and sudden surges of emotion. The play offers several outstanding monologues, some tender, some searing, and one unforgettable * New Yorker on \"On the Mountain\" *\u003cbr\u003eBetter than any play I’ve seen at finding the natural existential  anxiety in the frustration and powerlessness of being a movie actor.  Offers ample evidence of this dramatist’s singular gift for presenting  human murkiness with precisely shaded clarity. Impeccably observed. * New York Times on \"Picked\" *\u003cbr\u003eShinn opens a window into lives that we rarely see on stage * Broadway World *\u003cbr\u003eA playwright who writes with unshowy depth and unforced menace on a challenging subject * New York Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eShinn territory is a land of bruised souls sharing awkward silences,  their subtext and inchoate impulses placed carefully between them. A  dramatist who writes from an intensely interior zone * Time Out New York *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003eNow or Later Four Picked On The Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407496749399,"sku":"9781350007659","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350007659.jpg?v=1730499574","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shinn-plays-2-9781350007659","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}