America Hurrah and Other Plays: Eat Cake, the Hunter and the Bird, the Serpent, Bad Lady, the Traveler, the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802137616)

Jean-Claude van Itallie is one of the most distinguished playwrights of the American avant-garde. A keen deconstruction of American popular culture, the America Hurrah triptych served notice that here was a major new dramatic voice. America Hurrah and Other Plays is a definitive collection of the work of a major American playwright, with such works as Bag Lady, written in the voice of a deceptively insightful homeless woman; The Serpent, a fanciful interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve; The Traveller, which depicts a charismatic and brilliant artist recovering from a stroke; and van Itallie's dazzling play based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

Author: Jean-Claude Van Itallie
ISBN-10: 080213761X
ISBN-13: 9780802137616
Publisher: Grove Press
Language: English
Published: 03/20/2001
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.69d