Through the Eyes |
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| Author:
| Druick, Don |
| ISBN: | 978-0-919688-97-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | DC Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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Through the Eyes is award-winning playwright Don Druick's acclaimed tour de force for a solo actor. Set in the Versailles of the Sun King, this play is the story of the great Italian artist, Gianlorenzo Bernini's visit to France in 1665. The Italian finds himself in an opulent and dangerous world, bristling with cruelty and intrigue, tyrannized by passion and violence. Bernini is commissioned to carve a bust of the king; the resultant clash between these two great egos is...
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Through the Eyes is award-winning playwright Don Druick's acclaimed tour de force for a solo actor. Set in the Versailles of the Sun King, this play is the story of the great Italian artist, Gianlorenzo Bernini's visit to France in 1665. The Italian finds himself in an opulent and dangerous world, bristling with cruelty and intrigue, tyrannized by passion and violence. Bernini is commissioned to carve a bust of the king; the resultant clash between these two great egos is fearsome to behold. Survival itself becomes a compelling issue.