God of Carnage
by:
Yasmina Reza (author)
What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums, and tears before bedtime? Christopher Hampton’s...
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What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums, and tears before bedtime? Christopher Hampton’s translation of Yasmina Reza’s sharp-edged new play The God of Carnage premiered at Wyndham’s Theatre, London, in March 2008 and at Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, New York City, in March 2009. The International Herald Tribune calls it “an expert piece of stagecraft, and savagely funny.”
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780822223993 (0822223996)
ASIN: 9780822223993
Publish date: 28-03-2010
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Comedy,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
France,
French Literature,
Fiction
This play is an actor's dream. Any one of these four roles would be a blast to play. SO MUCH CONFLICT. My only fault with it is the ending, which is so often the problem with contemporary plays. It's not just that nothing is resolved (things don't always have to be), but it does not FEEL like it en...
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