{"product_id":"the-drama-and-theatre-of-annie-baker-9781350320017","title":"The Drama and Theatre of Annie Baker","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first book-length study of Annie Baker, one of the most critically acclaimed playwrights in the United States today and winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a MacArthur genius grant, Amy Muse analyzes Baker's plays and other work. These include \u003ci\u003eThe Flick, John, The Antipodes, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Shirley Vermont plays, and her adaptation of \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya. \u003c\/i\u003eMuse illuminates their intellectual and ethical themes and issues by contextualizing them with the other works of theatre, art, theology, and psychology that Baker read while writing them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through close discussions of Baker's work, this book immerses readers in her use of everyday language, her themes of loneliness, desire, empathy, and storytelling, and her innovations with stage time. Enriched by a foreword from Baker's former professor, playwright Mac Wellman, as well as essays by four scholars, Thomas Butler, Jeanmarie Higgins, Katherine Weiss, and Harrison Schmidt, this is a companionable g\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187296035159,"sku":"9781350320017","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-drama-and-theatre-of-annie-baker-9781350320017","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}