{"product_id":"9781886420748","title":"3 Plays by Hal Lieberman","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKafka in Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e deals with the last year of Franz Kafka's life. It won the Forest A. Roberts\/Playwrighting Contest award and was produced at the Forest Roberts Theatre in Marquett, Michigan. With Ron Moody directing, Alexander Racolin produced the play in London. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the critics on \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKafka in Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e :\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLieberman's script follows the anarchic logic of psychoanalysis, rushing backwards and forwards across Kafka's famous frontier between ordinary life and the terror that seems more real. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe material is authentic, the atmosphere that of a Yiddish burlesque house. Striking from an unexpected angle the insight is genuine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Leavings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a winner of the National Playwrights Showcase prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it was produced at the Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles, Jay Reiner in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Herald\u003c\/i\u003e said \"Lieberman bores in, relentlessly sparing us few details in the jagged arc of [dying], without once getting morbid or morose.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouble Shoot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e , formerly titled \u003ci\u003eThe Gandhi Problem\u003c\/i\u003e was optioned by PCPA. It was performed on a national broadcast on France Culture (the French National Radio) and in a staged reading by The Upstart State Company. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSee also Hal Lieberman's \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrone of Straw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e from \u003cb\u003eBoson Books\u003c\/b\u003e at bosonbooks.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"C\u0026M Online Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175447970032,"sku":"9781886420748","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781886420748_p0.jpg?v=1763606149","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781886420748","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}