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Author: Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig ,
Guan Hanquing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 0.60cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.122kg
ISBN: 9781350042773
ISBN 10: 1350042773
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 23 February 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Cowhig speaks bitterness and makes us sit up and listen. -- Lyn Gardner Guardian on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's The World of Extreme Happiness Fearless, zippily-paced, and satirical ... Cowhig forces us down the long hard look path. Independent on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's The World of Extreme Happiness Fiercely intelligent ... powerful stuff Guardian on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Lidless An excellent new play ... a very strong script ... The story grips and the characters are well drawn, demonstrating the complexities of human nature and the ability people have to put morals to one side. Daily Telegraph on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Lidless Vital new writing from a talented new voice Independent on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Lidless
Cowhig speaks bitterness and makes us sit up and listen. -- Lyn Gardner * Guardian on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""The World of Extreme Happiness"" * Fearless, zippily-paced, and satirical . . . Cowhig forces us down the long hard look path. * Independent on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""The World of Extreme Happiness"" * Fiercely intelligent . . . powerful stuff * Guardian on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""Lidless"" * An excellent new play . . . a very strong script . . . The story grips and the characters are well drawn, demonstrating the complexities of human nature and the ability people have to put morals to one side. * Daily Telegraph on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""Lidless"" * Vital new writing from a talented new voice * Independent on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""Lidless"" *
"Cowhig speaks bitterness and makes us sit up and listen. -- Lyn Gardner * Guardian on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""The World of Extreme Happiness"" * Fearless, zippily-paced, and satirical . . . Cowhig forces us down the long hard look path. * Independent on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""The World of Extreme Happiness"" * Fiercely intelligent . . . powerful stuff * Guardian on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""Lidless"" * An excellent new play . . . a very strong script . . . The story grips and the characters are well drawn, demonstrating the complexities of human nature and the ability people have to put morals to one side. * Daily Telegraph on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""Lidless"" * Vital new writing from a talented new voice * Independent on Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's ""Lidless"" *"
Author Information
Guan Hanqing (c. 1241–1320) was one of the most famous Chinese playwrights and poets in the Yuan Dynasty. Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's play Lidless received the Yale Drama Series Award, the Scotsman Fringe First Award, the Keene Prize for Literature and the David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize. In 2011 she was awarded the Wasserstein Prize. Her plays have been produced by Trafalgar Studios 2 in the West End, Page 73 Productions in New York, InterAct Theatre Company in Philadelphia and the Contemporary American Theater Festival in West Virginia. Cowhig was born in Philadelphia, and was raised in Northern Virginia, Okinawa, Taipei and Beijing.
