Johnson Plays: 1: Insignificance; Unsuitable for Adults; Cries from the Mammal House - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Terry JohnsonSeries:Contemporary DramatistsPublish date:10/11/1993Pages:304
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Methuen DramaISBN-13:9780413682000ISBN-10:0413682005UPC:9780413682000Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:EuropeanBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.227Product ID:SC1PHY5TVR
'Terry Johnson is that rare creature: a moralist with wit. He writes with responsible gaiety' Guardian
Insignificance: 'At first glance it looks like a game of Theatrical Consequences. What if four icons of Ike's America - Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe DiMaggio and Senator McCarthy - met in a New York hotel room in 1953?... A piece that works on just about every level: the intellectual, the emotional, the playful...one of the landmark plays of the decade' Guardian 'Compassionate, witty and intelligent'. Daily Telegraph Unsuitable for Adults 'Set in the world of pub entertainment in Paddington - lunchtimes of striptease, evenings of the more violent kind of comic routine... it's a very funny play and very clever' Sunday Times 'Johnson's script, funny and horrifying by turns, and maturely refusing to assume anything about its characters, is as fine and enduring a depiction of the current state of play in the world of love, sex, and comedy as anything ever seen on the London stage.' Time Out Cries from the Mammal House: 'Set in a small English private zoo and also in the bowels of anyone who has ever had to take responsibility for others... Freewheeling tough, lyrical and thrillingly unpredictable' Sunday Times 'Glittering like a ball of mercury as it darts erratically hither and thither.' Daily TelegraphLanguages:EnglishPublisher:Methuen DramaISBN-13:9780413682000ISBN-10:0413682005UPC:9780413682000Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:EuropeanBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.227Product ID:SC1PHY5TVR
Johnson, Terry: - Terry Johnson's work as a playwright includes a version of Edward Ravenscroft's The London Cuckolds, Dead Funny, and Hysteria. He is the recipient of major British theatre awards including Playwright of the Year 1995; Critics' Circle Best New Play 1995; Writers' Guild Best West End Play 1995; Olivier Award Best Comedy 1994; the Meyer-Whitworth Award 1993; and the John Whiting Award 1991. He also won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical for his production of La Cage aux Folles. His play Piano/Forte premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs in 2006 and, most recently, his play Ken premiered at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs in April 2016.
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