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Johnson Plays: 1 - (Contemporary Dramatists) by Terry Johnson (Paperback)
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Highlights
- 'Terry Johnson is that rare creature: a moralist with wit.
- Author(s): Terry Johnson
- 304 Pages
- Drama, European
- Series Name: Contemporary Dramatists
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About the Book
This collection of plays by Terry Johnson is part of the "Methuen Drama" series. Terry Johnson is the author of "Amabel", "Days Here So Dark", "Tuesday's Child", "Imagine Drowning", "Hysteria" and "Unfinished Business".
Book Synopsis
'Terry Johnson is that rare creature: a moralist with wit. He writes with responsible gaiety' Guardian
Insignificance: 'At first glance it looks like a game of Theatrical Consequences. What if four icons of Ike's America - Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe DiMaggio and Senator McCarthy - met in a New York hotel room in 1953?... A piece that works on just about every level: the intellectual, the emotional, the playful...one of the landmark plays of the decade' Guardian
'Compassionate, witty and intelligent'. Daily Telegraph
Unsuitable for Adults 'Set in the world of pub entertainment in Paddington - lunchtimes of striptease, evenings of the more violent kind of comic routine... it's a very funny play and very clever' Sunday Times
'Johnson's script, funny and horrifying by turns, and maturely refusing to assume anything about its characters, is as fine and enduring a depiction of the current state of play in the world of love, sex, and comedy as anything ever seen on the London stage.' Time Out
Cries from the Mammal House: 'Set in a small English private zoo and also in the bowels of anyone who has ever had to take responsibility for others... Freewheeling tough, lyrical and thrillingly unpredictable' Sunday Times
'Glittering like a ball of mercury as it darts erratically hither and thither.' Daily Telegraph
From the Back Cover
This first collection of Terry Johnson's plays, demonstrates the eclectic range of his work.
Review Quotes
"Terry Johnson is that rare creature: a moralist with wit. He writes with responsible gaiety" --Guardian