Life X 3
Hampton, Christopher; Reza, Yasmina
ISBN 10: 0822219581 ISBN 13: 9780822219583
Published by Concord Theatricals, 2026
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Synopsis:
Henri and Sonia have invited Hubert and Ines, for dinner. But the appointed evening finds Sonia is in her dressing-gown, their child screaming for a chocolate biscuit, Henri reacting badly to Hubert's casually barbed news and the immaculate Ines appalled to find a ladder in her stocking. Things could have gone better. And maybe they will . . . With characteristic perception and wit, Yasmina Reza (elegantly translated by Christopher Hampton) slices into her characters to reveal the inner truth about them and, perhaps, all of us.
Review:
Praise for the London premiere of "Life X 3 "by Yasmina Reza:
"[Reza] has perfected the technique of combining light comedy with the play of ideas . . . ["Life X 3"]is clever, it's elegant, it's entertaining."--"Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph"
"[Reza] is the most exported living playwright on the planet, a woman whose culturally rich background has given her real insight into the melting pot of today's society . . . "Life X 3" ruminate[s] on man's place in the universe . . . Her amalgamation of laughs with smart arguments and flashes of raw emotion is a crowd-pulling recipe . . . [Her] social satire is often cryingly funny."--"Kate Bassett, The Independent"
"Alan Ayckbourn meets Edward Albee . . . The writing is sharp, the observation spot-on."--Georgina Brown, " Mail on Sunday"
"The Grand Chaos Theory . . . is applied to a Parisian dinner-party in Yasmina Reza's delightful . . . comedy of manners. "Life X 3 "is designed to show how chance, with its impact upon our actions and behaviour, changes everything . . . A wicked pleasure to behold. Miss Reza is a star-reporter at the sex-war front and a thorough mocker of male pretensions."--Nicholas de Jongh, "The Evening Standard"
"Adroitly translated by Christopher Hampton . . . "LIfe X 3" amounts to pleasure-in-triplicate."--Paul Taylor, "The Independent"
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Life X 3
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Publication Date: 2026
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket