{"product_id":"plays-1996-2000-maxwell-paperback","title":"Plays, 1996-2000 (Maxwell) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Maxwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects for the first time the work of one of America's most important, vital and original young voices. Turning the American family drama firmly on its head, Maxwell strips more layers of explanation from the Freudian family romance, shining light on the humiliation and fury usually reasoned out of sight by psychologizing playwrights. Few characters in contemporary drama are as exposed as Maxwell's.--Marc Robinson, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine if you took a giant hatpin and stuck it into Sylvester Stallone's \u003ci\u003eRocky\u003c\/i\u003e. Once all the hot air had leaked out of that melodrama about a working-class underdog who wins fame, fortune and love in the boxing ring, you might find something very much like Richard Maxwell's \u003ci\u003eBoxing 2000.\u003c\/i\u003e By taking a conventional formula and draining it of all its humid sentimentality and synthetic adrenaline, Mr. Maxwell discovers something new and unexpected. \u003ci\u003eBoxing 2000 \u003c\/i\u003eis a real knockout: a play that not only challenges theatrical clich s, but your ideas about theatre itself.--\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a sensation that's felt all too rarely these days. Watching Mr. Maxwell's work makes you think of what it must have been like to stumble upon the baffling but seductive creations of a young Sam Shepard in the early 1960's in the East Village.--\u003ci\u003e, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume collects nine of Maxwell's early works: \u003ci\u003eBoxing 2000, Caveman, House \u003c\/i\u003e(1999 OBIE Award winner), \u003ci\u003eShowy Lady Slipper \u003c\/i\u003eand others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Maxwell \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, director and songwriter. He began his acting career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, where he helped found the Cook County Theater Department, which challenged the principles of traditional acting training. He is artistic director of New York City Players. His plays have been performed in the U.S. at Soho Rep, The Kitchen, P.S. 122, HERE, the Williamstown Theater Festival, Walker Arts Center and the Wexner Center for the Arts; and in Paris, Berlin, Dublin, Brussels, Amsterdam and Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.46 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771595882784,"sku":"9781559362283","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/373dee35798859cb766805a90b1d1834.webp?v=1780389136","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/plays-1996-2000-maxwell-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}