God's Country - Softcover

Dietz, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573691584 ISBN 13: 9780573691584

Publisher: Samuel French Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Drama 8m, 3f (to play var.roles)/ Unit set. This exciting, highly theatrical docu-drama is about the growing white supremacist movement in America, those dedicated to violent revolution and the expulsion from "God's Country" of non Aryans. The play covers all of the right wing lunatic fringe while focusing on three narrative spines: the trial in Seattle of a paramilitary group which calls itself The Order; the career and death of Denver's Allan Berg, the outspoken, controversial, Jewish talk radio personality "assassinated" by The Order; and, finally, the hate filled career and death of The Order's founder, Robert Matthews. These narratives are skillfully interwoven, sometimes non chronologically, with statistics and facts into a kaleidoscopic and highly theatrical vision. "Dietz intends his play to disturb playgoers, to prod them into thinking seriously about the radical right as a continuing phenomenon and not just as the occasional headline or TV sound bite. It surely does that." - Seattle Times "Fast paced and emotionally gripping." - Variety

About this title

About the Author:

Steven Dietz’s widely produced plays include Lonely Planet, Shooting Star, Inventing Van Gogh, God’s Country, Private Eyes, The Nina Variations, Trust, Rocket Man, Halcyon Days, Ten November, Foolin’ Around with Infinity, and More Fun Than Bowling. He currently serves as professor of playwriting and holds the Theatre for Youth Chair in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0573691584
• ISBN 13: 9780573691584
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136