The Country Club
by Douglas Carter Beane
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play. While some appreciate the playwright's work and clever dialogue, others find the themes and setting dated and not easily relatable for a wider audience.
Synopsis
Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Press Reviews
"Mr. Beane has the ear of both the natural dramatist and the inspired satirist, often bringing a transforming poetic sparkle to the conventions of WASP-speak…a dialogist of refreshing grace and bite…” —The New York Times. ”THE COUNTRY CLUB is Beane's best work, a Restoration comedy for today…“ —New York Post. ”In his newest comedy, THE COUNTRY CLUB, Beane takes aim at young WASPs and their social rituals—and in turning from bees to WASPs, he has lost none of his sting…bright and effervescent…"
— New York Daily News
Publication
The Country Club is a American comedy play written by Douglas Carter Beane and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2000).
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Mass Market Paperback
Dramatists Play Service · 2000 · 72 pp
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