{"product_id":"9780573698156","title":"Elephant's Graveyard","description":"Winner of the 2008 Keene Prize for Literature\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2008 David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award\u003cp\u003eCharacters: 10m, 3f, flexible casting (Roles may be played by any race or gender except when specified.) \/ Drama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElephant's Graveyard is the true tale of the tragic collision of a struggling circus and a tiny town in Tennessee, which resulted in the only known lynching of an elephant. Set in September of 1916, the play combines historical fact and legend, exploring the deep-seated American craving for spectacle, violence and revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The script-based on a true story about a traveling circus that, in 1916, stumbled into gory disaster in a muddy Tennessee town-is, like the best art, microscopically specific with echoes that radiate outward across time. It conjures a world with its own atmosphere and terrible internal logic. It's mesmerizing... symphonic in its emotional variations on a tragic theme. Elephant's Graveyard buzzes with truth about the consequences of misunderstanding, the invisible but enormous gap between artists and their audiences, and the infernal beauty of vaudeville.\" -The Stranger, Seattle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A theatrical masterpiece.\" - Columbia City Paper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most striking production in the (NSDF) festival.\" - Times of London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Deeply moving...has the audience in stitches at the open and tears at the close.\" - TheSunCoast.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samuel French, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026309464304,"sku":"9780573698156","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780573698156_p0.jpg?v=1763720526","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780573698156","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}