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John Logan: Plays One

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Full Title:

John Logan: Plays One

Contributors:

By (Author) John Logan

ISBN:

9781783198528

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Oberon Books Ltd

Publication Date:

1st October 2015

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

FIC

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

312

Dimensions:

Width 130mm, Height 210mm

Weight:

268g

Description

The first collection of plays from the multi-award-winning legendary screenwriter and playwright. Contains the plays RED, PETER AND ALICE and ILL EAT YOU LAST. Contents: Introduction by Michael Grandage RED Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists, Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting. A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century whose struggle to accept his growing riches and praise became his ultimate undoing. Nominated for 7 Olivier Awards (2009) and winner of 6 Tony Awards (2010) including Best New Play. PETER AND ALICE When Alice Liddell Hargreaves met Peter Llewelyn Davies at the opening of a Lewis Carroll exhibition in 1932, the original Alice in Wonderland came face to face with the original Peter Pan. In John Logans remarkable play, enchantment and reality collide as this brief encounter lays bare the lives of these two extraordinary characters. ILL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS 1981. Hollywood. Sue Mengers, the first female superagent at a time when women talent agents of any kind are almost unheard of, invites you into her Beverly Hills home for an evening of dish, secrets, and all the inside showbiz stories that only Sue could tell Back in the 1970s, Sue Mengers represented almost every major star in Hollywood; her clients were the talk of the town and her glamorous dinner parties were legendary. But by 1981 the glory days were fading. Her time was passing as a sleek and corporate New Hollywood began to emerge. The phones not ringing so much these days and Sue is forced to face the inevitable truth: the credits roll sooner than you think.

Reviews

An electrifying new play. -- Marilyn Stasio * Variety *
Simmeringfiction, memory and multi-way commentary seethe up against and amid one another. * The Financial Times *
A fresh, exciting portrait of a brilliant mind. -- Ben Brantley * The New York Times *
[Ill Eat You Last is] very much worth crossing the playground, or indeed the Atlantic, to spend an evening with. * The Telegraph *
A moving, 90-minute theatrical chamber piece about childhood, growing up and the pressure of literary immortalitya beautiful and searching play that will live long in the memory. * The Telegraph *
Its a heady sensation, thanks to the buoyant, witty writing of Mr. Logan Tangy and funnya delectable souffl of a solo show. * The New York Times *
Funny and profane and something of a cautionary tale. * The LA Times *
Plays about painters are fraught with difficulty. Either the hero preaches about art without practising it, or the Bohemian lifestyle supersedes the work. But John Logans play about Mark Rothko overcomes these obstacles with finesse Its a measure of the plays success that it makes you want to rush out and renew acquaintance with Rothkos work. -- Michael Billington * The Guardian *
Shattering in its intensitythe distressful, healing empathy which great theatre produces. If you are growing old, or love the old and recognise their youthfulness, it breaks your heart open. * The Times *
Smart and scintillating. RED deftly conjures what most plays about artists dont: The exhilaration of the act. -- John Lahr * The New Yorker *
Bold, daring theatre that is unquestionably touched by greatness. * The Sunday Times *

Author Bio

John Logan is a three time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright. His play Red is a bestseller, opening at Londons Donmar Warehouse to great acclaim before transferring to a smash-hit Broadway run where it won six Tony Awards including Best New Play. Logans work for the stage includes Never the Sinner, Hauptmann, a new adaptation of Ibsen's The Master Builder, Peter and Alice, I'll Eat You Last, and Red, the Tony-winning play about painter Mark Rothko. Logans work as a screenwriter includes Skyfall, Sweeney Todd, The Aviator, Hugo, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Rango, Coriolanus, and Any Given Sunday.

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