Love Song
by John Kolvenbach

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American Comedy

Synopsis

THE STORY: Beane is an exile from life--an oddball.

His well-meaning sister, Joan, and brother-in-law, Harry, try and make time for him in their busy lives, but no one can get through.

Following a burglary on Beane's apartment, Joan is baffled to fi

Press Reviews

"One of the best new plays of the year. Richly comic and deeply touching. Outstanding. A smashing, compassionate new play.” —The Telegraph (UK). ”John Kolvenbach's American play is a Jungian comedy. It's about how to find yourself, recreate, mutilate, enrich yourself. Within you, there's someone else. It's The Other: a belligerent liberator. Listen to its voice. Come out of your darkness. You'll lose something but you'll get a life. The writing is crisp, tough, undogmatic, menacingly funny. Strongly recommended, especially to those not afraid of the freedom of fantasy.“ —The Times (London). ”What should be treasured most about John Kolvenbach's play, LOVE SONG…is the fact that it is a work of, by and for the live stage. It is the stuff of pure theatre. Its language, relationships, imagery and overall world view are deeply rooted in the hothouse atmosphere of that most intimate and fantastical forum. As the title suggests, love is a major element in the equation: married love, imagin"

— Chicago Sun-Times

Publication

Year 2008
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822222736
ISBN-10 0822222736
LCCN 2011380865
LCC MLCS 2011/40379 (P)

Love Song is a American comedy play written by John Kolvenbach and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2008).

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