{"product_id":"august-osage-county-9781559364669","title":"August: Osage County","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tracy Letts\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2008 Tony Award for Best New Play. Now a major motion picture \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people.\" --\u003ci\u003eTimeOut New York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tracy Letts' \u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e is what O'Neill would be writing in 2007. Letts has recaptured the nobility of American drama's mid-century heyday while still creating something entirely original.\" \u003ci\u003e--New York magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I don't care if \u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e is three-and-a-half hours long. I wanted more.\" -Howard Shapiro, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This original and corrosive black comedy deserves a seat at the table with the great American family plays.\"\u003ci\u003e--Time\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent history, \u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest--and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-act, three-and-a-half-hour mammoth of a play combines epic tragedy with black comedy, dramatizing three generations of unfulfilled dreams and leaving not one of its thirteen characters unscathed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e has been produced in more than twenty countries worldwide and is now a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Dermot Mulroney, Sam Shepard, Juliette Lewis, and Ewan McGregor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracy Letts\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eKiller Joe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBug\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMan from Nebraska\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His plays have been performed throughout the country and internationally. A performer as well as a playwright, Letts is a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where \u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e premiered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082398163095,"sku":"9781559364669","price":780.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781559364669.webp?v=1767699778","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/august-osage-county-9781559364669","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}