Six Degrees of Separation (Methuen Modern Plays) - Hardcover

JOhn Guare

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0413672301 ISBN 13: 9780413672308

Publisher: Methuen, 1997

Synopsis

Based on the true story of a young black conman who succeeded in exploiting smart New Yorkers while posing as Sidney Poitier's son, this play opened at the Royal Court Theatre, London in June 1992. John Guare has also written the award-winning screenplay "Atlantic City".

About this title

About the Author

John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation won the 1990 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, as well as the Hull Warriner Award and the Obie. The House of Blue Leaves won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play of 1971 and received four Tony awards in its revival at Lincoln Center in 1986. His screen play for Louis Malle's Atlantic City won the New York, Los Angeles, and National Film Critics Circle awards, as well as an Oscar nomination. Mr. Guare, a longtime council member of the Dramatists Guild, was elected in 1989 to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York.

From the Back Cover

In this soaring and deeply provocative tragicomedy of race, class, and manners, John Guare has created the most important American play in years. 'Six Degrees of Separation' is one of those rare works that capture both the supercharged pulse of our present era and the deepest and most mysterious movements of the human heart.

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0413672301
• ISBN 13: 9780413672308
• Binding: Hardcover