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Michelle Wildgen: IMG A Few Initial and Not-Comprehensive Meditations on Group Novels



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1 Remote Warehouse Drama- American Anthology

Other titles in the Black Cat Book series:

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Four Plays (Black Cat Book)

by William Motter Inge

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

'Inge has presented with astounding veracity the oppressive banality of the lives of his characters: the events of their lives have the nerve-lightening regularity of a dripping faucet. His female characters especially are engulfed by the bathos of their lives, and Inge capitalizes on this fact in order to heighten dramatically the moment of personal crisis which comes to each of them. In his four major successes--Come Back, Little Sheba; Picnic; Bus Stop; and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs--the play carries the audience through the moment of crisis; and the final curtain falls upon a note of hope and fulfillment.'--R. Baird Shuman

Table of Contents

Come back, Little Sheba — Picnic — Bus stop — The dark at the top of the stairs.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780802132093
Author:
Inge, William
Publisher:
Grove Press
Author:
Inge, William
Location:
New York :
Subject:
American
Subject:
American drama (dramatic works by one author)
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Evergreen ed.
Edition Description:
Black Cat
Series:
Black Cat Book
Series Volume:
13
Publication Date:
January 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
826x536x83 80

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