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020 a| 9781598538168;

020 a| 1598538160q| (hardcover);

035 a| (OCoLC)1481715544z| (OCoLC)1481722077z| (OCoLC)1565070703z| (OCoLC)1568859041;

050 4 a| PS3557.U2b| A6 2025;

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100 1 a| Guare, John,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrRcvTkYgtwD7r7gyFYfq;

240 10 a| Plays.k| Selections.f| 2025;

245 10 a| Plays /c| John Guare ; Tony Kushner, Anne Cattaneo, and Michael Paller, editors.;

246 3 a| John Guare :b| plays;

246 38 a| Guare :b| plays;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| The Library of America,c| [2025];

300 a| xix, 849 pages ;c| 21 cm;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

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490 1 a| The Library of America ;;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 815-849).;

505 0 a| Foreword: The dazzler / by John Lahr -- Something I'll tell you Tuesday -- The loveliest afternoon of the year -- A day for surprises -- The house of blue leaves -- Rich and famous -- Landscape of the body -- Bosoms and neglect -- Atlantic City -- In fireworks lie secret codes -- Lydie Breeze trilogy. Cold Harbor ; Aipotu ; Madaket Road -- Six degrees of separation -- Woman at a threshold, beckoning -- A few stout individuals -- A free man of color -- Chronology -- Note on the texts -- Notes.;

520 a| "This Library of America edition of Guare's dramatic works--chosen in consultation with the author--offers an indispensable one-volume retrospective of an essential American playwright. In one-act plays from the 1960s Guare explores on a small scale the key subjects that would preoccupy him throughout his career: family relationships, the distortions of desire in consumer culture, the unruly coexistence of the absurd and the psychologically raw. These plays set the stage for the breakout Off-Broadway hit The House of Blue Leaves, a daring, darkly hilarious comedy about a papal visit to Queens that presciently takes aim at American celebrity worship. Filled with unexpected turns and revealing surprises, plays such as Rich and Famous and Landscape of the Body are funny, touching dramas about envy, yearning, and a world that always leaves us wanting more. Works set in the past, such as the Lydie Breeze trilogy and the late masterpiece A Free Man of Color, take a broader historical view of America's utopian aspirations and racial hypocrisies. Guare's best-known work, Six Degrees of Separation, is an enduring landmark of the American stage, a stunning fusion of comic and tragic elements and an emotionally powerful investigation into the depths of deception and authenticity. This volume also prints, for the first time, Guare's short play 'Woman at a Threshold, Beckoning,' written in the aftermath of 9/11, as well as his acclaimed screenplay for Louis Malle's 1980 film Atlantic City. 'Guare,' writes John Lahr in this volume's foreword, 'has stories to tell, jokes to make, logic to challenge, phrases to turn, spells to cast, all of which comprise a funhouse-mirror reflection of American life's caprice and chaos in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Guare's theatrical career of over fifty years has ranged farther and wider than almost all his contemporaries.'"c| --Dust jacket.;

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700 1 a| Kushner, Tony,e| editor.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfrQ63hRWq4jYPcpFfQbd;

700 1 a| Cattaneo, Anne,d| 1949-e| editor.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjvxPWqvf6QtbvHjvf7JXd;

700 1 a| Paller, Michael,e| editor.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyx7pxQGmHWXptH6Hkr4m;

700 1 a| Lahr, John,d| 1941-e| writer of foreword.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmP4rWccKf96p3yrWhbVC;

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700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Loveliest afternoon of the year.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Day for surprises.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| House of blue leaves.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Rich and famous.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Landscape of the body.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Bosoms and neglect.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Atlantic City.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| In fireworks lie secret codes.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Cold Harbor.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Aipotu.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Madaket Road.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Six degrees of separation.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Woman at a threshold, beckoning.;

700 12 i| Container of (work):a| Guare, John.t| Few stout individuals.;

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740 0 a| Lydie Breeze series.;

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Plays / John Guare ; Tony Kushner, Anne Cattaneo, and Michael Paller, editors.

Author/creator	Guare, John author.
Format	Book
Publication	New York, NY : The Library of America, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xix, 849 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects	United States--Social life and customs. --Drama. United States--Drama.

Other author/creator	Kushner, Tony, editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfrQ63hRWq4jYPcpFfQbd
Other author/creator	Cattaneo, Anne, 1949- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjvxPWqvf6QtbvHjvf7JXd
Other author/creator	Paller, Michael, editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyx7pxQGmHWXptH6Hkr4m
Other author/creator	Lahr, John, 1941- writer of foreword. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmP4rWccKf96p3yrWhbVC
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Something I'll tell you Tuesday.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Loveliest afternoon of the year.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Day for surprises.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. House of blue leaves.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Rich and famous.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Landscape of the body.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Bosoms and neglect.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Atlantic City.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. In fireworks lie secret codes.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Cold Harbor.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Aipotu.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Madaket Road.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Six degrees of separation.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Woman at a threshold, beckoning.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Few stout individuals.
Included Work	Container of (work): Guare, John. Free man of color.
Uniform title	Plays. Selections. 2025
Variant title	John Guare : plays
Spine title	Guare : plays
Series	The Library of America ; Library of America ; 392.
Contents	Foreword: The dazzler / by John Lahr -- Something I'll tell you Tuesday -- The loveliest afternoon of the year -- A day for surprises -- The house of blue leaves -- Rich and famous -- Landscape of the body -- Bosoms and neglect -- Atlantic City -- In fireworks lie secret codes -- Lydie Breeze trilogy. Cold Harbor ; Aipotu ; Madaket Road -- Six degrees of separation -- Woman at a threshold, beckoning -- A few stout individuals -- A free man of color -- Chronology -- Note on the texts -- Notes.
Abstract	"This Library of America edition of Guare's dramatic works--chosen in consultation with the author--offers an indispensable one-volume retrospective of an essential American playwright. In one-act plays from the 1960s Guare explores on a small scale the key subjects that would preoccupy him throughout his career: family relationships, the distortions of desire in consumer culture, the unruly coexistence of the absurd and the psychologically raw. These plays set the stage for the breakout Off-Broadway hit The House of Blue Leaves, a daring, darkly hilarious comedy about a papal visit to Queens that presciently takes aim at American celebrity worship. Filled with unexpected turns and revealing surprises, plays such as Rich and Famous and Landscape of the Body are funny, touching dramas about envy, yearning, and a world that always leaves us wanting more. Works set in the past, such as the Lydie Breeze trilogy and the late masterpiece A Free Man of Color, take a broader historical view of America's utopian aspirations and racial hypocrisies. Guare's best-known work, Six Degrees of Separation, is an enduring landmark of the American stage, a stunning fusion of comic and tragic elements and an emotionally powerful investigation into the depths of deception and authenticity. This volume also prints, for the first time, Guare's short play 'Woman at a Threshold, Beckoning,' written in the aftermath of 9/11, as well as his acclaimed screenplay for Louis Malle's 1980 film Atlantic City. 'Guare,' writes John Lahr in this volume's foreword, 'has stories to tell, jokes to make, logic to challenge, phrases to turn, spells to cast, all of which comprise a funhouse-mirror reflection of American life's caprice and chaos in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Guare's theatrical career of over fifty years has ranged farther and wider than almost all his contemporaries.'" --Dust jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 815-849).
Genre/form	screenplays.
Genre/form	Drama.
Genre/form	Comedy plays.
Genre/form	Domestic drama.
Genre/form	Historical drama.
Genre/form	Black humor.
Genre/form	One-act plays.
Genre/form	Screenplays.
Genre/form	Théâtre.
Genre/form	Théâtre historique.
Genre/form	Humour noir.
Genre/form	Pièces en un acte.
Genre/form	Scénarios de cinéma.
Other title	Lydie Breeze series.
ISBN	9781598538168
ISBN	1598538160 (hardcover)

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