{"product_id":"plays-for-the-public-9781559365550","title":"Plays for the Public","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Foreman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's an irresistible joy to reading these plays...examining them at leisure without the urgent propulsive forward movement of the theater, reveals beauties and resonances uniquely literary.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater, from his foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlays for The Public includes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Gods Are Pounding My Head! (AKA Lumberjack Messiah)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Richard Foreman is the ultimate theater auteur and mind-roiling warlock of avant-garde drama... \u003cem\u003eGods \u003c\/em\u003eis an extravaganza of tightly orchestrated hallucinogenic visual effects, bruising slapstick and intense, cryptic lines... It is majestically mad and funny.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIdiot Savant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Vintage Foreman: ravishing, perplexing, scary, a sensual and intellectual message for those weary of causality and psychology.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOld-Fashioned Prostitutes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What makes Mr. Foreman's work so entertaining is his ability to turn these classic, head-scratching concerns into phantasmagorical vaudevilles in which all the world's a stage that keeps changing shape on you... Mr. Foreman is a grandmaster.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume features the two plays sumptuously produced at The Public Theater in New York City that mark the culmination of Richard Foreman's unstintingly inventive, astonishing career in theater, just as he was beginning to devote his creative energies entirely to filmmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999533088919,"sku":"9781559365550","price":830.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781559365550.webp?v=1783600945","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/plays-for-the-public-9781559365550","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}