Killer Joe - Softcover

Letts, Tracy

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ISBN 10: 1559364513 ISBN 13: 9781559364515

Verlag: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S., 2014

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"One of the best American plays of the past quarter century." - Terry Teachout, "Wall Street Journal"
"An immensely entertaining pop artifact. Written with neon-lit flamboyance." - Vincent Canby, "New York Times"
"A brilliant play. A major theatrical event." - Michael Billington, "Guardian"
"A tense, gut-twisting thriller ride in the theater. An astonishing piece of work." - Richard Christiansen, "Chicago Tribune"
"One of our most valuable playwrights." - "Time Out New York"
"It left me speechless." - Roger Ebert, "Chicago Sun-Times"
"Seeing "Killer Joe" made me want to write a different type of play." - Martin McDonagh
-One of the best American plays of the past quarter century.- - Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal
-An immensely entertaining pop artifact. Written with neon-lit flamboyance.- - Vincent Canby, New York Times
-A brilliant play. A major theatrical event.- - Michael Billington, Guardian
-A tense, gut-twisting thriller ride in the theater. An astonishing piece of work.- - Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune
-One of our most valuable playwrights.- - Time Out New York
-It left me speechless.- - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
-Seeing Killer Joe made me want to write a different type of play.- - Martin McDonagh
"One of the best American plays of the past quarter century." - Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal

"An immensely entertaining pop artifact. Written with neon-lit flamboyance." - Vincent Canby, New York Times

"A brilliant play. A major theatrical event." - Michael Billington, Guardian

"A tense, gut-twisting thriller ride in the theater. An astonishing piece of work." - Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune

"One of our most valuable playwrights." - Time Out New York

"It left me speechless." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Seeing Killer Joe made me want to write a different type of play." - Martin McDonagh

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"One of the best American plays of the past quarter century." - Terry Teachout,Wall Street Journal

"An immensely entertaining pop artifact. Written with neon-lit flamboyance." - Vincent Canby,New York Times

"A brilliant play. A major theatrical event." - Michael Billington, Guardian

A visceral theatre experience of the highest order. For those who like their theatre strong, not tepid, it's immensely gratifying.”Backstage

The Smith family hatch a plan to murder their estranged matriarch for her insurance money and hire Killer Joe Cooper, a police detective and part-time contract killer, to do the job. Once he enters the trailer, their simple plan spirals out of control. Letts’s unforgettable first play is a tense, gut-twisting thriller ride” and has been performed in fifteen countries in twelve languages (Chicago Tribune). The film adaptation, released in 2011 and starring Matthew McConaghey, is written with merciless black humorone hell of a movie” (Roger Ebert).

Tracy Letts was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play forAugust: Osage County, which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2007 before playing Broadway, London's National Theatre, and a forty-week US tour. Other plays include Pulitzer Prize finalistMan from Nebraska; Killer Joe, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film; andBug, which has played in New York, Chicago, and London and was adapted into a film. Letts is an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company and garnered a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway revival ofWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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• Verlag: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1559364513
• ISBN 13: 9781559364515
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96