{"product_id":"dirty-story-and-other-plays-john-patrick-shanley-9781559362825","title":"Dirty Story and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In the appallingly entertaining \u003ci\u003eDirty Story\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Mr. Shanley has expanded his focus from the intimate to the international to create one of the liveliest, boldest and--against the odds--funniest studies ever of a subject that even hard-core satirists tend to approach on tiptoe.\"--Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree new works by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Patrick Shanley, one of our country's most politically current and theatrically elastic playwrights. In \u003ci\u003eDirty Story\u003c\/i\u003e a couple of sadomasochistic writers fight over rights to their New York City loft, in this sexy satire of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is \"astonishing,\" says Tony Kushner, \"The analysis of the Middle East in this play is dead on, exactly perfectly pitched.\" In his dark comedy \u003ci\u003eWhere's My Money?\u003c\/i\u003e Shanley takes on marriage, infidelity and divorce lawyers in a play that is \"so harsh, it's funny--terrifying, but funny,\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). And in his \u003ci\u003eSailor's Song\u003c\/i\u003e, love becomes an act of courage, in this seaside romance about the certainty of death, the brevity of youth, and the importance of \u003ci\u003enow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Patrick Shanley\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003ci\u003eDoubt\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, and was chosen as best play of the year by over 10 newspapers and magazines. His other plays include \u003ci\u003eDanny and the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFour Dogs and a Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePsychopathia Sexualis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSavage Limbo\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written extensively for TV and film, including \u003ci\u003eMoonstruck\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won an Academy Award for best screenplay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Patrick Shanley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1559362820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559362825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.45h x 5.50w x 0.49d","brand":"John Patrick Shanley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939630219519,"sku":"9781559362825","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c2d6681b-33a0-4dd4-86bd-a977066c3912.jpg?v=1681442613","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dirty-story-and-other-plays-john-patrick-shanley-9781559362825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}