Polish Joke and Other Plays Including Don Juan in Chicago, Ancient History, the Red Address |
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| Author:
| Ives, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8021-4130-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2004 |
| Publisher: | Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.50 |
Book Description:
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This collection brings together four full-length plays from the same dazzling pen that produced the one-act comic masterpieces of All in the Timing: Polish Joke, a young Polish-American's trip through ethnic stereotypes; Don Juan in Chicago, in which a Renaissance innocent makes a deal with the devil, only to become a reluctant Latin lover; Ancient History, a comedy-drama about the holy war that breaks out when two people from two very different cultures fall in love; and The Red...
More DescriptionThis collection brings together four full-length plays from the same dazzling pen that produced the one-act comic masterpieces of All in the Timing: Polish Joke, a young Polish-American's trip through ethnic stereotypes; Don Juan in Chicago, in which a Renaissance innocent makes a deal with the devil, only to become a reluctant Latin lover; Ancient History, a comedy-drama about the holy war that breaks out when two people from two very different cultures fall in love; and The Red Address, the searing portrait of a man with a secret who is forced by tragedy into self-revelation.