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- Book Synopsis
- A gloriously biting comedy set in a rest home, from the author of Good People and Rabbit Hole. Abby takes great pride in occupying one of the most coveted rooms in the rest home. But things turn sour when she has to take in Marilyn, a new roommate to share her precious space. In a satirical conflict of territory and control, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire spins a benign, typically mundane setting into an absurdist, colorful battleground. This high-stakes comedy examines our expectations of what it means to grow old in the twenty-first century, and what happens when a sense of possession collides with a mania of obsession.
- About The Author
- David Lindsay-Abaire is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. His play Rabbit Hole received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five Tony nominations, and the Spirit of America Award. The play has been produced hundreds of times around the world, and was adapted into a film, directed by John Cameron Mitchell, and starring Nicole Kidman, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. His following play, Good People, premiered on Broadway, and was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, the Horton Foote Prize, the Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, and two Tony nominations. The play went on to have a highly-acclaimed production at London's Hampstead Theatre, directed by Jonathan Kent and starring Imelda Staunton, which later transferred to the West End. David also wrote the book and lyrics for Shrek the Musical, which was nominated for eight Tonys, four Oliviers, a Grammy, and earned David the Ed Kleban Award as America's most promising musical-theatre lyricist. David's other plays include Ripcord, Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, David's screen credits include his film adaptation of Rabbit Hole, Dreamworks' Rise of the Guardians, and Family Fang, starring Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken and Jason Bateman.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781559365192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group, (21 July 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 138
- Weight
- 199 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215 x 135 x 10 mm
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