The Marriage of Bette and Boo

Häftad bok.

Gott skick. Dramatists Play Service Inc 1985. Häftad. 94 sidor. 109 gram. Gott skick. Fylligt efterord av författaren. Språk: engelska. ----The Marriage of Bette and Boo is considered by many to be Durang's best play to date. Admittedly biographical, the play is based on his parents marriage. Though it is a funny play told in 33 (mostly) quick scenes, the play is known for the mixture of seriousness and comedy in its tone.

Shortly after its 1985 opening at Joe Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival, the play won a large number of Obie awards for Durang for playwriting, for Jerry Zaks for directing, for Loren Sherman for set design, and an Ensemble Acting Obie for the entire 10 person cast. Later that year the play also won the prestigeous Dramatists Guild Hull Warriner Award.

The Hull Warriner award is for the best play of the year dealing with social, religious or political issues, and it is particularly meaningful among playwrights since it is voted not by critics but by the 30 to 40 distinguished playwright members who make up the Dramatists Guild Council.

Some reviews included:

Christopher Durang, the humorist and satirist, has rarely written anything funnier or more serious than his mordant comedy "The Marriage of Bette and Boo." [Durang] has perfected the art of turning bitterness into comedy without losing its edge.
- Edith Oliver, The New Yorker

Christopher Durang has been the wicked and wonderful kid cartoonist of the modern theatre for a while. Now he is one of the masters. wicked, wonderful and cartoony. "Bette and Boo" is both demented and compassionate. And wise, hysterical and incredibly sad. There is not a false note or extra word.
- Linda Winer, USA Today