Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia and Other PlaysTheatre Communications Group, 1998 M12 1 - 360 pages "This is an odd assemblage of plays, for which gathering-together there is no overarching thematic justification. Because several of the plays deal with death, and one of the death-plays deals as well with money, and the last play deals with taxation, we're calling the book Death & Taxes. But all plays, directly or indirectly, are about death and taxes, so this title explains little..." –Tony Kushner This stunning new collection by Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America, showcases his masterful explorations of form and style. A rich and vibrant collection from one of our greatest American playwrights, Death & Taxes includes the following treasure trove of works: |
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... Ding, the name of the play's deceased playwright, is the sound a typewriter carriage makes on its return—an evocation, he proposed, of an earlier (pre-wordprocessor) day and age, before writing became so electrified, so scary. “And poor ...
... HAUTFLOTE John Leonard Thompson ASPERA Jennifer Hubbard BIFF Christopher Evan Welch HADDY Daniel Oreskes OTTOLINE Fanni Green FLATTY Fred Major DING Characters , a playwright in his late thirties. He writes.
... Ding's best friend, and is the executor of his will and his wishes. , a playwright in her early thirties. She writes fierce, splendidly intelligent, challenging plays, frequently with les- bian characters, and cannot get an ...
Hydriotaphia and Other Plays Tony Kushner. watching them. Ding was her protégé, sort of. She is an old friend of Flatty's. , a playwright in his late forties ... Ding. High atop Abel's Hill, a cemetery on Martha's Vineyard. Just.
... Ding) writes beautiful, experimental plays; he has a small, loyal following and little financial success. He was the best friend, and is the executor of the estate of Ding: (Hautflote places Ding's body on the ground) a dead playwright ...
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G DavidSchine in Hell | 227 |
Notes onAkiba | 241 |
Terminating | 261 |
East CoastOde toHoward Jarvis | 291 |