{"product_id":"9780573693205","title":"Night Sky","description":"Drama \/ Cjharacters: 3m, 3f \/ Unit Set\u003cbr\u003eThis extraordinary drama premiered to acclaim in a New York production directed by Joseph Chaikin and starring Joan MacIntosh. It was subsequently produced Off-Broadway in a revised version directed by Daniella Topol and featuring Jordan Baker in the central role.\u003cp\u003eNIGHT SKY theatrically explores what Steven Hawking has called the two mysteries remaining to us: the brain and the cosmos. When she is hit by a car, the brilliant and articulate astronomer Anna loses her ability to speak, a condition known as aphasia. What emerges from her mouth is a hodge-podge of unconnected words alternately confusing, funny, original and wise -- and sometimes all four. In a series of brief, often comic episodes, the play follows Anna through her illness and ultimate acceptance of herself - a personal triumph, despite a continuing infirmity - and dramatizes the impact of her changed circumstances on her lover, her teen-aged daughter, and her professional life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone will be touched by the themes this play considers -- language, inner and outer space, the challenges of a devastating affliction, the consolations and ordeals of family life and, most of all, the universal hunger and need for communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe play has been extremely popular with audiences and has been translated into Spanish, Catalan, French, Hebrew and German.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Susan Yankowitz's Night Sky is a rare thing: a play with a mind. It is also about the mind as universe, where language is internal astronomy. It shows us that more than hearts can be broken.\" -Variety\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A moving and poetic experience. Like the sky, it is a play of seemingly infinite depth.\" - Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samuel French, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015588724976,"sku":"9780573693205","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780573693205_p0.jpg?v=1763720191","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780573693205","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}