{"product_id":"plays-for-the-public-paperback","title":"Plays for the Public - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Foreman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's an irresistible joy to reading these plays...examining them at leisure without the urgent propulsive forward movement of the theater, reveals beauties and resonances uniquely literary.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater, from his foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlays for The Public includes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Gods Are Pounding My Head  (AKA Lumberjack Messiah)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Richard Foreman is the ultimate theater auteur and mind-roiling warlock of avant-garde drama... \u003cem\u003eGods \u003c\/em\u003eis an extravaganza of tightly orchestrated hallucinogenic visual effects, bruising slapstick and intense, cryptic lines... It is majestically mad and funny.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIdiot Savant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Vintage Foreman: ravishing, perplexing, scary, a sensual and intellectual message for those weary of causality and psychology.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOld-Fashioned Prostitutes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What makes Mr. Foreman's work so entertaining is his ability to turn these classic, head-scratching concerns into phantasmagorical vaudevilles in which all the world's a stage that keeps changing shape on you... Mr. Foreman is a grandmaster.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume features the two plays sumptuously produced at The Public Theater in New York City that mark the culmination of Richard Foreman's unstintingly inventive, astonishing career in theater, just as he was beginning to devote his creative energies entirely to filmmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Foreman \u003c\/strong\u003efounded the Ontological-Hysteric Theater in 1968. He has written, directed and designed more than fifty of his own plays. He has received numerous awards, including the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, a Lifetime Achievement in the Theater Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the PEN Club Master American Dramatist Award, and a MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771566883104,"sku":"9781559365550","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f4c97dd84ff994e38cf22497b51330f8.webp?v=1780388599","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/plays-for-the-public-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}