{"product_id":"the-flu-season-and-other-plays-paperback","title":"The Flu Season and Other Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Eno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Will Eno is one of the finest younger playwrights I have come across in a number of years. His work is inventive, disciplined and, at the same time, wild and evocative. His ear is splendid and his mind is agile.\"--Edward Albee \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An original, a maverick wordsmith whose weird, wry dramas gurgle with the grim humor and pain of life. Eno specializes in the connections of the unconnected, the apologetic murmurings of the disengaged.\"--\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2004 Oppenheimer Award for best New York debut by an American playwright, \u003ci\u003eThe Flu Season\u003c\/i\u003e is a reluctant love story, in spite of itself. Set in a hospital and a theater, it is a play that revels in ambivalence and derives a flailing energy from its doubts whether a love story is ever really a love story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Eno has been called \"a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation\" \u003ci\u003e(New York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e--he is a playwright with an extraordinary voice and a singular theatrical vision. Also included in this volume are \u003ci\u003eTragedy: A Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntermission.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Eno \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of\u003ci\u003e Thom Pain (based on nothing)\u003c\/i\u003e, which ran for a year Off-Broadway and was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Other works include \u003ci\u003eOh, the Humanity and other good intentions, The Flu Season, Tragedy: a tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIntermission\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Eno's play Thom Pain (based on nothing) won the First Fringe Award with its Edinbugh Festival premiere, and had acclaimed productions in London and New York. His plays have been produced in London at the Gate Theatre, Soho Theatre Company, BBC Radio; in New York by Rude Mechanicals, NY Power Company, Naked Angels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8.52 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725032132671,"sku":"9781559362917","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8f1d39a165cc99892b19a5508b1c037e.webp?v=1765104885","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-flu-season-and-other-plays-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}