The Collected Plays of Paul Rudnick: Wickedly Funny and Cerebral Works from One of America's Great Humorists - Softcover

Rudnick, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061780200 ISBN 13: 9780061780202

Verlag: It Books, 2010

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The definitive collection of theatrical hilarity by one of America’s preeminent playwrights and humorists

The New York Times has proclaimed that “line by line, Mr. Rudnick may be the funniest writer for the stage in the United States today.” Now, this collection of his plays will remind readers far and wide of the great influence that Paul Rudnick’s comic genius has had on the world of American theater.

Here are I Hate Hamlet, the play that marked Rudnick’s Broadway debut; Jeffrey, the long-running off-Broadway smash about gay life during the AIDS crisis of the early ’90s; as well as five other onstage gems enlivened by Rudnick’s signature rapier wit.

The Collected Plays of Paul Rudnick is a must-have item for any fan of this theatrical master—and a necessary addition to all courses in dramatic literature.

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Playwright, screenwriter, and novelist Paul Rudnick's celebrated works include the plays I Hate Hamlet and Jeffrey, and the screenplays In & Out and Addams Family Values. He also writes regularly for The New Yorker. Born in Piscataway, New Jersey, he now lives in New York City.

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The definitive collection of theatrical hilarity by one of America’s preeminent playwrights and humorists

The New York Times has proclaimed that “line by line, Mr. Rudnick may be the funniest writer for the stage in the United States today.” Now, this collection of his plays will remind readers far and wide of the great influence that Paul Rudnick’s comic genius has had on the world of American theater.

Here are I Hate Hamlet, the play that marked Rudnick’s Broadway debut; Jeffrey, the long-running off-Broadway smash about gay life during the AIDS crisis of the early ’90s; as well as five other onstage gems enlivened by Rudnick’s signature rapier wit.

The Collected Plays of Paul Rudnick is a must-have item for any fan of this theatrical master—and a necessary addition to all courses in dramatic literature.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: It Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0061780200
• ISBN 13: 9780061780202
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 540
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