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Dramatizes the awkward relationship that develops between Anna, a choreographer, and Pale, the older brother of Robbie, her former roommate and dance partner
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"From his earliest plays to his last, "Burn This, Lanford Wilson has been firmly committed to the free expression of the individual spirit, no matter how nonconformist or even prodigal that spirit may seem to be...In the sense that it deals with lonely and displaced characters, "Burn This is in the Wilson tradition. Where it breaks dramatic ground for the author is in its passion...Mr. Wilson exposes deep uncauterized emotional wounds--and offers no salve."--Mel Gussow, "The New York Times
"The play ["Burn This] has a voracious vitality and an almost manic determination to drive right into the highest voltage that life can register."--Jack Kroll, "Newsweek
"From his earliest plays to his last, "Burn This," Lanford Wilson has been firmly committed to the free expression of the individual spirit, no matter how nonconformist or even prodigal that spirit may seem to be...In the sense that it deals with lonely and displaced characters, "Burn This "is in the Wilson tradition. Where it breaks dramatic ground for the author is in its passion...Mr. Wilson exposes deep uncauterized emotional wounds--and offers no salve."--Mel Gussow, "The New York Times"
"The play ["Burn This"] has a voracious vitality and an almost manic determination to drive right into the highest voltage that life can register."--Jack Kroll, "Newsweek"
"From his earliest plays to his last, "Burn This", Lanford Wilson has been firmly committed to the free expression of the individual spirit, no matter how nonconformist or even prodigal that spirit may seem to be...In the sense that it deals with lonely and displaced characters, "Burn This "is in the Wilson tradition. Where it breaks dramatic ground for the author is in its passion...Mr. Wilson exposes deep uncauterized emotional wounds--and offers no salve."--Mel Gussow, "The New York Times"
"The play ["Burn This"] has a voracious vitality and an almost manic determination to drive right into the highest voltage that life can register."--Jack Kroll, "Newsweek"
From his earliest plays to his last, "Burn This," Lanford Wilson has been firmly committed to the free expression of the individual spirit, no matter how nonconformist or even prodigal that spirit may seem to be...In the sense that it deals with lonely and displaced characters, "Burn This "is in the Wilson tradition. Where it breaks dramatic ground for the author is in its passion...Mr. Wilson exposes deep uncauterized emotional wounds--and offers no salve. "Mel Gussow, The New York Times"
The play ["Burn This"] has a voracious vitality and an almost manic determination to drive right into the highest voltage that life can register. "Jack Kroll, Newsweek""
"From his earliest plays to his last, Burn This, Lanford Wilson has been firmly committed to the free expression of the individual spirit, no matter how nonconformist or even prodigal that spirit may seem to be...In the sense that it deals with lonely and displaced characters, Burn This is in the Wilson tradition. Where it breaks dramatic ground for the author is in its passion...Mr. Wilson exposes deep uncauterized emotional wounds--and offers no salve." --Mel Gussow, The New York Times
"The play [Burn This] has a voracious vitality and an almost manic determination to drive right into the highest voltage that life can register." --Jack Kroll, Newsweek
About the Author
Lanford Wilson was born in Lebanon, Missouri, in 1938 and attended the University of Chicago. A founding member of the Circle Repertory Company in New York, he has seen many of his plays produced in theaters all over the United States and abroad. He is the recipient of many awards, including a Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and two Obies.
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 080903249X
- ISBN 13 9780809032495
- BindingHardcover
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