{"product_id":"plays-by-janet-neipris-janet-neipris-9780881451665","title":"Plays by Janet Neipris","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes three full-length plays: A SMALL DELEGATION, ALMOST IN VEGAS, and THE AGREEMENT. A SMALL DELEGATION: Three American professors come to teach in China the summer before Tiananmen Square. ALMOST IN VEGAS: When Margie decides she wants a child, her affair with Louis, a married man, gets complicated. THE AGREEMENT: A husband and wife, cheered on by their respective lawyers, hastily and hilariously divide the spoils of their marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA SMALL DELEGATION: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This compelling play, set in China in 1988, just one year prior to the Tiananmen Square massacre, is a serious study of the political atmosphere of the country during that year. The drama also examines the enormous barriers which hinder understanding between east and west.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGemini Williams, Summer Pennsylvanian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Neipris's method is one of accretion, piecing together a complex mosaic. We come to see each individual in the drama attempting to cope with a political system that seems almost random in its changeability. Neipris's even-handedness in dealing with her characters is such that even as we blame the system for Sun's fate, we also blame Remy-and ourselves by extension, since her instincts are our own. Written from a western perspective, this feels like an inside job in its merging of illusion and reality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClifford Ridley, The Inquirer (Philadelphia)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALMOST IN VEGAS: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A wonderfully moving and touching play.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick O'Connor, Backstage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Neipris is trying to touch something deeper than the funny bone. The play becomes a study of decent people trying to understand their own needs and the lovers who cannot fulfill them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Goodman, The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE AGREEMENT: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This is a funny and wise play. Neipris has a wonderful ear for the way people talk when they are trying to say the right thing in an unfamiliar and unnerving situation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD J R Bruckner, The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Funny and sad at the same time, and that is always a tall order.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNels Nelson, Daily News (Philadelphia)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Neipris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0881451665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780881451665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broadway Play Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Janet Neipris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063465996543,"sku":"9780881451665","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f962f657-d9ef-460c-99ee-fd429a174e5d.jpg?v=1685389717","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plays-by-janet-neipris-janet-neipris-9780881451665","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}