{"product_id":"9781559367400","title":"Humpty Dumpty and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eEric Bogosian is one of our most singular and exhilarating commentators on American life. His award-winning solo performance works have been performed with acclaim all over the world. As the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has pointed out, “Bogosian is a born storyteller with perfect pitch.” That is never more evident than in his newest book, which collects his three most recent plays. In \u003ci\u003eHumpty Dumpty\u003c\/i\u003e, five friends gather for a holiday at a mountain getaway where unforeseen events bring them to the brink of the end of the world; \u003ci\u003eGriller\u003c\/i\u003e, set in a New Jersey backyard, where a barbecue gathering turns sinister and deadly; and \u003ci\u003eRed Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, Bogosian’s riff on Von Sternberg’s \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, reset on a college campus in 1990s New England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I want theater to wake me up, not lull me to sleep. My theater is not about fantasy, it’s not about seduction. My theater is not an outline for a film. It is not a TV sitcom onstage. I want my theater to be an event. I want it to push limits, bite the hand that feeds it and bang heads. It’s about my fears, my ideas, my blind spots, my isolation.”—Eric Bogosian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Bogosian\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five plays including \u003ci\u003eTalk Radio\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003esubUrbia\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as three Obie Award-winning solos: \u003ci\u003eDrinking in America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, Rock\u0026amp;Roll\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead\u003c\/i\u003e and his most recent, \u003ci\u003eWake Up and Smell the Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He wrote the screenplay adaptations of his first two plays, receiving the Berlin Film Festival’s “Silver Bear” for his work in \u003ci\u003eTalk Radio\u003c\/i\u003e. Simon and Schuster will publish his second novel in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132893118704,"sku":"9781559367400","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559367400_p0.jpg?v=1763758438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559367400","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}