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Let me down easy
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- Book Synopsis
- Compiled from dozens of interviews conducted by the author, Anna Deavere Smith's play for a solo performer Let Me Down Easy is a bracing, tender, melancholy, and triumphant exploration of death and dying. The speakers include healthcare professionals, theologians, artists, athletes, and activists. They speak of the body as a battleground, a tool, a weapon, a joy, a burden. Smith's great gift has always been her ability to break down her subjects' defences and present them in their full, complicated beauty. Whether channeling Lance Armstrong, Lauren Hutton, Peter Gomes, or others who are not in the public eye, Smith reminds us again and again that in learning to die we learn to live. Let Me Down Easy was premiered Off-Broadway in the Tony Kiser Theater at Second Stage Theater in October 2009.
- About The Author
- Anna Deavere Smith is an American actress, playwright, author, and teacher. She rose to prominence with her verbatim theatre pieces Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles 1992. She is also known for her performances in the films The American President, Philadelphia, and Rachel Getting Married, and her recurring roles on TV's The West Wing and Nurse Jackie. Smith is the recipient of the MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowship, two Tony nominations, and she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. She received the 2012 National Humanities Award from President Obama.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781559365468
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group, (01 November 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 96
- Weight
- 144 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215 x 135 x 7 mm
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