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- Book Synopsis
- 'Art' is a profound and hilarious comedy about the value of truth and friendship. My friend Serge has bought a painting. It's a canvas about five foot by four: white. The background is white and, if you screw up your eyes, you can make out some fine white diagonal lines. Serge is one of my oldest friends. Serge has bought a modern work of art for a large sum of money. Marc hates the painting and cannot believe that a friend of his could feel differently. Yvan attempts to placate both sides, with hilarious consequences. The question is: Are you who you think you are, or are you who your friends think you are? 'Art' premiered in this translation at Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1996. It won Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Comedy, and New York Drama Critics' Circle and Tony Awards for Best Play. 'A remarkably wise, witty and intelligent comedy. "Art" has touched a universal nerve.' The Times '"Art" not only brings to the stage a topical debate, it makes it invigorating, touching and finally disturbing. This dark comedy, translated from the French by Christopher Hampton in sparkling form, explores its themes through a rift between friends.' Financial Times
- About The Author
- Yasmina Reza is a French playwright and novelist, based in Paris, whose works have all been multi-award-winning, critical and popular international successes. Her plays, Conversations After a Burial, The Passage of Winter, Art, The Unexpected Man, Life x 3, A Spanish Play and The God of Carnage have been produced worldwide and translated into thirty-five languages. Novels include Hammerklavier, Une Desolation, Adam Haberberg, Dans la Luge d'Arther Schopenhauer, Nulle Part and L'Aube le Soir ou la Nuit. Film includes Le Pique-Nique de Lulu Kreutz directed by Didier Martiny.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780571190140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (01 August 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 63
- Weight
- 70 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 125 x 6 mm
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