A Fair Country
by Jon Robin Baitz

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Highlights

90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Awards & Recognition

Pulitzer Prize

Finalist: 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Synopsis

THE STORY: It is 1987 and Gil Burgess, a young archeologist, is alone in the Mexican jungle at dusk when his estranged mother, Patrice, suddenly arrives.

The rift between them goes back to 1977 when Gil was a teenager living with his parents in Dur

Press Reviews

"This poignant drama takes a look at a diplomat's family before the fall of the politics of apartheid in South Africa. “Mr. Baitz has moral ambition…and he knows that words maim as much as sticks and stones ever did…A FAIR COUNTRY is the best contemporary American play I have seen…for some time.” —The New York Times. ”A FAIR COUNTRY, Jon Robin Baitz' sizzling new play, describes a state of siege…[the play] is gripping…because Baitz is such a gifted writer…“ —New York Daily News. ”…if you have been hungering for sheer intelligent dialogue, you can satisfy your craving at Jon Robin Baitz' A FAIR COUNTRY."

— New York Magazine

Publication

Year 1997
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822215554
ISBN-10 0822215551
LCCN 99214698
LCC PS3552.A393 F35 1997
DCC 812/.54

A Fair Country is a American play written by Jon Robin Baitz and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1997).

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