{"product_id":"john-guare-plays-loa-392-hardcover","title":"John Guare: Plays (Loa #392) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Guare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnne Cattaneo\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Kushner presents a career-spanning collection of 14 masterworks by the Tony Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSix Degrees of Separation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe very best plays by one of the foremost American playwrights of his generation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"More than any other American playwright, John Guare's work feels uncannily prophetic,\" observes Tony Kushner. \"His plays, with an original combination of realism, dream state, psychopathology, vision, delusion, humor, compassion, grief, and terror, map out the landscape of what life feels like in the here and now.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is an indispensable one-volume retrospective of an essential American playwright. It includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA selection of one-act plays from the 1960s that show Guare exploring, on a small scale, the subjects that would continue to preoccupy him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuare's breakout Off-Broadway hit, \u003cb\u003eThe House of Blue Leaves\u003c\/b\u003e, a daring, darkly hilarious comedy that presciently takes aim at the excesses of celebrity worship in America. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarefully plotted to yield unexpected surprises, plays such as \u003cb\u003eRich and Famous\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLandscape of the Body\u003c\/b\u003e that delve into the nature of envy and longing amid an ostentatiously affluent society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDramas set in the past, such as the Lydie Breeze trilogy and the later \u003cb\u003eA Free Man of Color\u003c\/b\u003e, take a broader historical view of America's utopian longings and racial hypocrisies. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis best-known work, \u003cb\u003eSix Degrees of Separation\u003c\/b\u003e, which shows itself to be an enduring landmark of the American stage, a stunning fusion of comic and tragic elements and a subtle, emotionally powerful investigation into the depths of deception and authenticity. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the first time, Guare's short play \"Woman at a Threshold, Beckoning\" as well as his acclaimed screenplay for Louis Malle's film \u003cb\u003eAtlantic City\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis deluxe collector's edition gathers cherished masterpieces and rare and hard-to-find gems by one of our greatest living playwrights.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Guare\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1938) is the author of more than twenty full-length and one-act plays, which have earned him Tony, Obie, and New York Drama Critics Circle awards. Among his best-known works are the plays \u003ci\u003eThe House of Blue Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e (1971) and \u003ci\u003eSix Degrees of Separation\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), as well as the screenplay for the film \u003ci\u003eAtlantic City\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), directed by Louis Malle. He is the recipient of the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e, editor, is a playwright best known for his two-part epic drama, \u003ci\u003eAngels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes\u003c\/i\u003e. His other plays include \u003ci\u003eA Bright Room Called Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlavs!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHydrotaphia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHomebody\/Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's television adaptation of \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e and the screenplays for Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eMunich\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLincoln\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and The \u003ci\u003eFabelmans\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAnne Cattaneo\u003c\/b\u003e, editor, is the dramaturg of Lincoln Center Theater and the creator and head of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Dramaturgy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMichael Paller\u003c\/b\u003e, editor, is a dramaturg and the author of \u003ci\u003eA Five-Act Play: 50 Years of A.C.T.\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGentlemen Callers: Tennessee Williams, Homosexuality, and Mid-Twentieth-Century Drama\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently teaches at the Columbia University School of the Arts.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 832\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154315509823,"sku":"9781598538168","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/rtZ0pfquU-9781598538168.webp?v=1776955697","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/john-guare-plays-loa-392-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}