End of the World With Symposium to Follow
by Arthur Kopit

Name: End of the World With Symposium to Follow
Brand: Arthur Kopit
SKU: 9780573619526
Rating: 3.59 (5 reviews)

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120 minsPresent DayRoom for ExtrasComedy

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about this play, describing it as both endearing and strange. While some appreciated its unique moments, others felt it lacked coherence and was overly peculiar at times.

Unique and endearing momentsInteresting Cold War themesWeirdness for weirdness' sakeUnmemorable ending

Synopsis

A few years ago Arthur Kopit was commissioned by a wealthy industrialist to write a play about the nuclear peril.

This funny play is the result.

It is about a playwright who sees himself as a Sam Spade like detective who is commissioned by a mysterious billionaire to write a play about the Impending Doom.

The writer has two mysteries to solve: the truth behind the nuclear arms build up and the reason the eccentric croesus Philip Stone believes he is the man to write about it.

There are loads of laughs along the way to the shocking conclusion.

Premiered on Broadway starring Linda Hunt and John Shea directed by Harold Prince.

Press Reviews

"There is a quizzical Shavian perversity to this play that gives it its peculiar flavor... End of the World is a black comedy, perhaps more comic than black, but ominously real."
— New York Post