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'There is a quality in Shawn's writing - imaginative verve, quiet intensity, a sort of puritan sensitivity or a blend of them all.' The Times

This first collection of Wallace Shawn's work contains plays from the seventies and eighties, including Aunt Dan and Lemon, described by Frank Rich in the New York Times as 'the most stimulating, not to mention demanding, American play to emerge this year'.

Aunt Dan and Lemon
'A mordant comedy for those who really listen in the theatre... A playwright of astonishing originality and veracity.' New York Times

Marie and Bruce
'A play that sees, hears, smells and tells more about the way we really live now than any American play in years... Wallace Shawn is a true original, one of the most deeply seeing, sharply writing playwrights we have.' Newsweek

The Fever
'A profoundly engaging and provocative journey through the awakening of a pampered man's conscien

Wallace Shawn Plays 1 A Thought in Three Parts

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 17 February 1997
      ISBN-13 9780571190928
      978-0571190928
      ISBN-10 0571190928

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'There is a quality in Shawn's writing - imaginative verve, quiet intensity, a sort of puritan sensitivity or a blend of them all.' The Times

      This first collection of Wallace Shawn's work contains plays from the seventies and eighties, including Aunt Dan and Lemon, described by Frank Rich in the New York Times as 'the most stimulating, not to mention demanding, American play to emerge this year'.

      Aunt Dan and Lemon
      'A mordant comedy for those who really listen in the theatre... A playwright of astonishing originality and veracity.' New York Times

      Marie and Bruce
      'A play that sees, hears, smells and tells more about the way we really live now than any American play in years... Wallace Shawn is a true original, one of the most deeply seeing, sharply writing playwrights we have.' Newsweek

      The Fever
      'A profoundly engaging and provocative journey through the awakening of a pampered man's conscien

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