Overview
Neil LaBute burst onto the American theater scene in 1989 with his controversial debut Filthy Talk for Troubled Times. Set in a barroom in Anytown, USA, and populated by a series of everymen (and two beleaguered everywomen), this series of frank exchanges explores the innumerable varieties of American intolerance. A unique snapshot of the times, the playāseldom allowed production by the author sinceāprovides a compelling look at the early thinking and evolution of one of our great theater artists.
Also in this collection is a series of new, short works, some never before produced. They include āThe New Testament,ā a showbiz satire that takes a close look at the perils of color-blind casting, and āThe Furies,ā in which a woman helps navigate her brotherās breakup with his outāand then perhaps in-the-closet againālover.
āThere is something of the sinister menace of Pinter in LaButeās work (along with David Mamet, he is very much the heir apparent to that master).ā āHedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
āThere is no playwright on the planet these days who is writing better than Neil LaBute.ā āJohn Lahr, The New Yorker
This book title, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times (And Other Plays), ISBN: 9781593762827, by Neil LaBute, published by Catapult (June 15, 2010) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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