“The play nicely combines Pinterian menace with caustic political commentary.” –Time“Acerbic, elusive, poetic and chilling, the writing is demanding in a rarefied manner. Its implications are both aff
“[Our Late Night is] a short play, but a savage one...Neurosis, panic and sexual surreality underlie Shawn’s startling vision of New Yorkers at play.”—GuardianWallace Shawn’s OBIE Award-winning, never
Grasses of a Thousand Colors is a poetic epic that tells the story of a scientist (Ben), his wife (Cerise), and his two mistresses (Robin and Rose), as they fend for their lives in a world much like
In these beautiful essays, Wallace Shawn takes us on a revelatory journey in which the personal and political become one.Whether writing about the genesis of his plays, such as Aunt Dan and Lemon; di
"Brilliantly upsetting and endearing . . . riveting."?NewsdayThis poetic epic about a scientist, his wife, and his two mistresses as they fend for their lives in a world savagely close to extinction r
This insightful volume focuses on scripting programmers to manipulate graphics for the Web. The book documents new ways to use Perl modules for generating graphics.
"Wallace Shawn is up to his old tricks again: pricking the conscience of right-on, left-leaning theatergoers. No one does that better than this impish, idiosyncratic polymath, who, at seventy-two, sti
When Marie decides to leave Bruce, she delivers herself of a torrent of ferocious humor and foul-mouthed vituperation concerning him and their marriage, not to mention love, hate, caring, commitment,
Aunt Dan & Lemon takes us into the world of a young recluse named Lemon (alias Leonora) who spends her nights reading chronicles of Nazi atrocities. Lemon tells the audience about the overwhelmin
Wallace Shawn's The Fever is the winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play and soon to be a film starring Vanessa Redgrave. While visiting a poverty-stricken country far from home, the unnamed narr
"My Dinner with Andre" is a passionate, volatile, and humorous encounter between two friends who have not seen each other for a long time, and decide to catch up on each others' lives over dinner. And
A daughter is tied to her brilliant father by a passionate bond. The Designated Mourner is a harsh and poetic play about the pursuit of beauty in brutal times.The Designated Mourner premiered at the N
At Ted's instigation, the old gang gather once more at the almost legendary club The Talk House. But the era of Walter Barclay is long gone. A playwright, a composer, an actress. The possibility o
