{"product_id":"shipwrecked-the-amazing-adventures-of-louis-de-rougemont-as-told-by-himself-paperback","title":"Shipwrecked!: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as Told by Himself) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Margulies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHush now  For I am about to tell you a story.\u003cbr\u003eA fantastic and amazing story \u003cbr\u003eA story all the more remarkable because every word of it is true. That's right. Every word.\u003cbr\u003eHow do I know?\u003cbr\u003eBecause I lived it, dear ones...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus begins \u003ci\u003eShipwrecked  An Entertainment--The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)\u003c\/i\u003e. Based on a Victorian hoaxer's tale of being a castaway in the South Pacific--complete with buried treasure, a giant killer octopus, and cannibals--Margulies revisits themes of authenticity and loss as he returns to what theater does best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deft literate narrative folded into a vaudevillian romp.\" -\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Re-creating the pleasures of nineteenth-centure platform entertainment with a tart contemporary twist, \u003ci\u003eShipwrecked \u003c\/i\u003e offers a self-promoting fabulist a forum to inform and persuade, and it delights in both respects...The emotional through line transforms a ripping good yarn into a touching character study.\" -\u003ci\u003eVariety \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intriguing step beyond Margulies's typically naturalistic work...Margulies's script is a tribute to the power of storytelling, in particular to the telling of tall tales we are asked to believe despite any wildly unlikely events.\" -\u003ci\u003eCincinnati City Beat\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This whirlwind escapade of the imagination takes the audience out of what they might expect from theater and into a new, uncharted realm of whimsy and adventure...Quirky and wondrous, \u003ci\u003eShipwrecked \u003c\/i\u003e is truly an odyssey of the imagination.\" -\u003ci\u003eMontgomery News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Margulies\u003c\/b\u003e received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for \u003ci\u003eDinner with Friends\u003c\/i\u003e. The play received numerous awards, including the American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, the Dramatists Guild\/Hull-Warriner Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama Desk nomination, and has been produced all over the United States and around the world. In addition to his adaptation of \u003ci\u003eGod of Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, his many plays include \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Country House, Sight Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Model Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Loman Family Picnic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat's Wrong with This Picture?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime Stands Still\u003c\/i\u003e. Mr. Margulies currently lives with his wife and their son in New Haven, Connecticut, where he teaches playwriting at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Margulies's other plays include Collected Stories, The Loman Family Picnic, Sight Unseen and Dinner with Friends, for which he was awarded the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.4 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 April 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771588542752,"sku":"9781559363433","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/00523b795df202f1ebc3baeecfc6d231.webp?v=1780388967","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shipwrecked-the-amazing-adventures-of-louis-de-rougemont-as-told-by-himself-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}