{"product_id":"9781559364287","title":"The Anarchist","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnarchist [an\/er-kist] n.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.  A person who opposes the authority of the state.\u003cbr\u003e2.  A person who causes disorder or upheaval.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3.  Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet’s new play about one woman who is put away for life, and another who is committed to her rehabilitation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Students of Mamet won’t want to miss it; I was engaged and compelled throughout. Indeed, \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist\u003c\/i\u003e is a counterweight to the conventional dramatic tropes of family, love and death.” –Chris Jones, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist\u003c\/i\u003e leaves no shortage of material for after-theater debate.” –Elysa Gardner, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Being challenged to rethink your own perceptions and prejudices is a refreshing thrill of the sort that has otherwise been in short supply so far this season…it makes \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist\u003c\/i\u003e one of Mamet’s most trenchant and timely offerings ever.” –Matthew Murray, \u003ci\u003eTalkin’ Broadway \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The viewer experiences Mamet’s signature rhythmic language. In what is like a ping-pong game, this battle of two women over freedom, power, money, religion—and the lack thereof, remains compelling during the eighty-five minutes it runs…Powerful, thought-provoking, and current.” –\u003ci\u003eLA Splash Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Mamet\u003c\/b\u003e is a playwright, essayist and screenwriter who directs for both the stage and film. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for \u003ci\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross\u003c\/i\u003e. His plays include \u003ci\u003eChina Doll, Race, The Anarchist, American Buffalo, Speed-the-Plow, November, The Cryptogram, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Lakeboat, The Water Engine, The Duck Variations, Reunion, The Blue Hour, The Shawl, Bobby gould in Hell, Edmond, Romance, The Old Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e and his adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Voysey Inheritance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128686362864,"sku":"9781559364287","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559364287_p0.jpg?v=1763786595","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559364287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}