The Skin of Our Teeth (Acting Edition S.) - Softcover

Wilder, Thornton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573615489 ISBN 13: 9780573615481

Verlag: Samuel French, Inc., 2017

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Book by Henry Editor Wilder Thornton Laurents Arthur Mi

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Meet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior, New Jersey, a suburban, commuter-town couple (married for 5,000 years), who bear more than a casual resemblance to that first husband and wife, Adam and Eve: the two Antrobus children, Gladys (perfect in every way, of course) and Henry (who likes to throw rocks and was formerly known as Cain); and their garrulous maid, Sabina (the eternal seductress), who takes it upon herself to break out of character and interrupt the course of the drama at every o

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Characters: 4 or 5 male, 4 or 5 female, plus many small parts w/doubling

Scenery: Interiors and Exteriors

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is the groundbreaking satiric fantasy follows the extraordinary Antrobus family down through the ages from the time of "The War" surviving flood, fire, pestilence, locusts, the ice age, the pox and the double feature, a dozen subsequent wars and as many depressions. Ultimately, they are the stuff of which heroes and buffoons are made. Their survival is a vividly theatrical testament of faith in humanity.

"Wonderfully wise...A tremendously exciting and profound stage fable."-Herald Tribune

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• Verlag: Samuel French, Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0573615489
• ISBN 13: 9780573615481
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128