The designated mourner
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Author
Publication
1996 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
25,750 words, Guess
Page Count
103 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL980319M
- ISBN-100374138222
- OCLC Control Number34576866
- Internet Archivedesignatedmourne0000shaw
- Library of Congress Control Number96017844
and 2 more
- Goodreads1817435
- LibraryThing27159
Classifications
- DDC812/.54
- LCCPS3569.H387 D47 1996
- LCCPS3569.H387D47 1996
Description
Woven out of three monologues in what one reviewer called "a triple sonata of oppression and incomprehension" (The Sunday Times), Wallace Shawn's new play, The Designated Mourner, is a masterful drama about the pursuit of aesthetic subtleties in brutal times. The three characters include the eponymous designated mourner, Jack; his wife, Judy; and his erudite father-in-law, Howard. Although Judy is tied to her famous father by a passionate bond, she is nonetheless drawn toward Jack, whose taste in cultural forms follows a disturbing path. When Jack abandons both Judy and Howard, he continues his riveting societal free-fall into a world of gleeful savagery.
Description
Woven out of three monologues in what one reviewer called "a triple sonata of oppression and incomprehension" (The Sunday Times), Wallace Shawn's new play, The Designated Mourner, is a masterful drama about the pursuit of aesthetic subtleties in brutal times. The three characters include the eponymous designated mourner, Jack; his wife, Judy; and his erudite father-in-law, Howard. Although Judy is tied to her famous father by a passionate bond, she is nonetheless drawn toward Jack, whose taste in cultural forms follows a disturbing path. When Jack abandons both Judy and Howard, he continues his riveting societal free-fall into a world of gleeful savagery.
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