Two Plays: Little Blood Brother & Backstreets (Performance Series) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0921833164 ISBN 13: 9780921833161

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The drama of Little Blood Brother unfolds around the suspected homosexuality of a buddy. In Backstreets, we see Animal, Moose and Nero come to terms with the death of a friend. In each of these plays, Rossi provides us with something beyond the obvious, moments as unpredictable as they are memorable. With a deep understanding of human nature--in particular, the nature of the young macho men portrayed here--Rossi finds the comic element in life's small moments.

Little Blood Brother and Backstreets respectively took top honours at the Qubec Drama Festivals in 1986 and 1987, winning Rossi notoriety among theatre critics and a job as Centaur Theatre's playwright-in-residence for 1988. Both plays were produced Off-off Broadway at the Willow Cabin Theatre in the Fall of 1989. Little Blood Brother was remounted in a special showcase production at the El Trocadero in Greenwich Village in May 1990.

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Vittorio Rossi lives in Montreal. Taking his cues from the likes of David Mamet and Leonard Melfi, Rossi uses cold, sharp realism to explore the barriers that inhibit communication between people. His vision is fresh and contemporary. His Italian-Canadian background adds a unique dimension to his work. Funny, wise, and possessing a rare insight into language and human behaviour, he creates characters who will live on in the public imagination.

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"Bright new talent on the theatre scene."--Thomas Schnurmacher

"He has a finely tuned ear for dialogue and an uncanny ability to create entirely believable characters."--Myron Galloway

"His simple yet evocative dialogue conveys the raw, turbulent, and at times fatal character of street life to an audience."--Judy Cutler, Centaur Theatre

"Not since David Fennario's On the Job premiered in 1973 has a new writer generated the kind of excitement created by Rossi and his keen ear for dialogue, Italo-Canadian style." (Montreal Daily News)

"He seems to have perfect pitch, an ability to translate street speech directly to the stage with no loss of juice or flavour."--John Lucas

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Rocco: I heard some things at the bar. Deuce: What things? Rocco: I heard some things. Deuce: What did you hear at the bar? Rocco: Things. Deuce: Things, things, what things? Rocco: About you. Okay. Things. Okay. Things that are strange. I mean, why're you here? Whadya want? Frank to punch him out for you? Is that it? For what? (Pointing to his eye.) For this? This thing between you and Rick, I don't really care. But don't tell me he went on dates with you guys to watch you hold hands. My cousin's not an asshole. You know what I think? I think Sandra led him on. I think Sandra led him on and what happened tonight was like...a result, you know, of everything that's been going on between the two of you. You see, we take these things seriously. Italians. Deuce: I'm Italian. Rocco: Half Irish. Deuce: So. Rocco: Family's important to us. And when you start talking about this weird shit from the past, people don't like it. I don't like it. Rick don't like it. Capisce? Going on like this like he's some fucking madon. Is that what you're trying to tell me? Huh? Remember, you made blood brothers with him. Why? Because you like him? Huh? Tell me, why didn't you fight at the game tonight? So Rick can defend you? You like that? That's the way things go, right. Well, Rick gets confused, and... Deuce: SHUT UP ABOUT RICK! DO YOU UNDERSTAND! You keep telling me these things. You don't understand. You know what they were calling me at the bar? Sissy. Sissy. Because of something that Tino and Rick started. Rocco: He defended you. Deuce: And they're calling me a sissy. Rocco: You didn't fight. Deuce: I'm not a sissy. Rocco: No one's calling you. Deuce: They did. Rocco: So. Deuce: At the bar. They all did. They were all calling for him to win. I mean once he started hitting me. They were rooting for him. To win. Like it was some stupid contest. Tolino, Joe, all of them. Those bloody wops. Rocco: (Angry.) What're you saying now? You wanna finish this. Deuce: All I'm saying is you don't know what you're saying. Rocco: Nothing? Deuce: Everything you said. You don't know.

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• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0921833164
• ISBN 13: 9780921833161
• Einband: Taschenbuch
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