Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

ISBN-13: 9781593762827 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 144 str.

Neil LaBute

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Neil LaBute burst onto the American theater scene in 1989 with his controversial debut work Filthy Talk for Troubled Times. Set in a barroom in Anytown USA and populated by a series of everymen (and two beleaguered everywomen), this series of frank exchanges explores the innumerable varieties of American intolerance. A unique snapshot of the times, the play -- seldom allowed production by the author since -- provides a compelling look at the early thinking and evolution of one of our great theater artists.
Also in this collection is a series of new, short works, some never before produced. They include -The New Testament, - a showbiz satire that takes a close look at the perils of color-blind casting, and -The Furies, - in which a woman helps navigate her brother's breakup with his out-and-then-perhaps, in-the-closet-again lover.