August: Osage County
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'One of the truly great nights of American theatre'
» Independent
A hugely-acclaimed black comedy exposing the dark side of the Midwestern American family.
When the large Weston family is reunited in Oklahoma after the disappearance of their father, they let loose a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets.
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A hugely-acclaimed black comedy exposing the dark side of the Midwestern American family.
When the large Weston family is reunited in Oklahoma after the disappearance of their father, they let loose a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets.
Tracy Letts's play August: Osage County was first performed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in June 2007.
It was first staged in the UK at the National Theatre in 2008.
August: Osage County won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play and the Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Nick Hern Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781848420250
- Utgivelsesår
- 2008
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2008
Om forfatteren
Other plays include: Killer Joe (1993), Bug (1996), Superior Donuts (2008), Mary Page Marlowe (2016) and Linda Vista (2017).
Anmeldelser
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'One of the truly great nights of American theatre'
» Independent
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'Something special... a dramatic tour de force, first smouldering and then blazing with acrimony, appalling behaviour and vicious home truths'
» Telegraph
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'Fully deserves to join the roll call of classic American plays'
» Independent on Sunday
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'A triumph'
» Sunday Times
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'Sensationally entertaining...Tracy Letts' fiercely funny, turbo-charged tragicomedy is, flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years'
» New York Times