{"product_id":"passion-play-tcg-edition-paperback","title":"Passion Play (Tcg Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Ten Best Plays of 2008 by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sarah Ruhl's bold, inventive, and ironic triptych  is] a meditation on devotion and its appropriation by the state. . . . Ruhl is an original; a storyteller with a fine mind evolving her own theatrical idiom.\"--John Lahr, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's a different kind of morality play . . . an often wondrous work . . . with  Ruhl's] own special lyrical blend of poetry, humor and grace.\"--Frank Rizzo, \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePassion Play\u003c\/i\u003e is Sarah Ruhl's \"biggest, most ambitious effort yet\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), a three-and-a-half hour intimate epic, plunging the depths of the timely intersection of politics and religion. Ruhl dramatizes a community of players rehearsing their annual staging of the Easter Passion in three different eras: 1575 northern England, just before Queen Elizabeth outlaws the ritual; 1934 Oberammergua, Bavaria, as Hitler is rising to power; and Spearfish, South Dakota, from the time of Vietnam through Reagan's presidency. In each period, the players grapple in different ways with the transformative nature of art, and politics are never far in the background, as Queen Elizabeth, Hitler, and Reagan each appear, played by a single commanding actor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eDead Man's Cell Phone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEurydice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Clean House\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been widely produced both throughout the country and internationally, and she is the recipient of the MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Ruhl received the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2004 for her play The Clean House, which has been produced at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia, South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC. Her play Eurydice has been produced at Madison Repertory Theatre and Berkeley Repertory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.64 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771588608288,"sku":"9781559363488","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3b716b193321f8f61b11622e2e0ec242.webp?v=1780388969","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/passion-play-tcg-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}