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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tony KushnerPublisher: Nick Hern Books Imprint: Nick Hern Books Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.143kg ISBN: 9781854592552ISBN 10: 1854592556 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 17 February 1994 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews'One of the greatest plays of the 20th century' * New York Observer * 'The most ambitious American play of our time' * Newsweek * 'A vast, miraculous play, a true millennial work of art' * New York Times * 'A victory for the theatre, for the transforming power of the imagination to turn devastation into beauty' * New Yorker * 'A vision of America at large, pulsating with energy and appetites in the shadow of history and the sense of oncoming disaster' * Independent on Sunday * Author InformationTony Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for his play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner's other plays include A Bright Room Called Day; Hydriotaphia, or The Death of Dr. Brown; The Illusion, adapted from the play by Pierre Corneille; Slavs!; Homebody/Kabul; Caroline, or Change, a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures; and The Visit, adapted from the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. His translations include S. Y. Ansky's The Dybbuk; Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Sezuan and Mother Courage and Her Children; and the libretto for Hans Krása and Adolf Hoffmeister's Brundibár, a children's opera for which he wrote a curtain-raiser, But the Giraffe! He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of Angels in America and for Steven Spielberg's Munich and Lincoln. His books include The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; Brundibar, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; and Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon. Among many honours, Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy Award, two Oscar nominations, and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |