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- Number of Pages: 96
- ISBN: 1559363304
- WAPI (Tower ID): 111780566
- Release Date: February 15, 2008
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #57196 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #112 in Theatre & Plays (See Top 100 Theatre & Plays Bestsellers)
- #20 in American (See Top 100 American Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "August" by TRACY LETTS to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "August"Browse more products related to "TRACY LETTS"Review"AUGUST is probably the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years. Oh, forget probably: It is, flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years." First line" 'Life is very long...' AnnotationThe subject of angst due to family difficulties has been absolutely desiccated by countless writers over the years, which is what makes AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY such an astounding delight. The ground it covers is well-trodden, yet Tracy Letts's Pulitzer-Prize winning play manages to somehow hop, jump, and stomp across the terrain without ever touching a previous footprint. The problems of the Weston family are myriad, to say the least--booze, pills, pot, adultery, incest. They are a murder away from completing their commemorative set of deadly sins. At the play's outset, Beverly, the family patriarch, retreats mysteriously into the night, never to be heard from again, a surrender which makes perfect sense by the end of the play. His vanishing act forces the family daughters, Barbara, Ivy, and Karen, to return to their childhood home to comfort their mother, Violet, who rewards their devotion by launching into a vicious and relentless barrage of verbal and emotional abuse, from which none will be spared. Much hostility and hilarity ensues, as Violet conducts her symphony of dysfunction. This chillingly bitter old woman, who is addicted to pills and riddled with mouth cancer, is probably the meanest and most memorable character to stalk a Broadway stage in recent memory. "A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people."-"Time Out New York" "Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County" is what O'Neill would be writing in 2007. Letts has recaptured the nobility of American drama's mid-century heyday while still creating something entirely original."-"New York" magazine One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent Broadway history, "August: Osage County" is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest-and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-act, three-and-a-half-hour mammoth of a play combines epic tragedy with black comedy, dramatizing three generations of unfulfilled dreams and leaving not one of its thirteen characters unscathed. After its sold-out Chicago premiere, the play has electrified audiences in New York since its opening in November 2007. Tracy Letts is the author of "Killer Joe," "Bug," and "Man from Nebraska," which was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His plays have been performed throughout the country and internationally. A performer as well as a playwright, Letts is a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where "August: Osage County" premiered. If You Enjoy "August (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "August (Paperback)" by TRACY LETTS (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! American BestsellersTheatre & Plays Bestselling BooksExplore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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