Privilege
by Paul Weitz

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings Comedy

Synopsis

Both resonant and evocative of the fissions of our age.

--Variety.

A cleverly woven one-act meditation on human powerlessness...timeless and universal.

--Talkin' Broadway.

A mesmerizing 100-minute theater piece...filled with plenty of humor and whimsy.

--C

Press Reviews

"…delicately funny…[a] clear-eyed comedy about the collateral damage sustained by the family of a disgraced businessman…humanizes a world normally glimpsed only in tabloid flashes…[Weitz's] bottomless knowledge of this territory emerges in small details that illuminate both the surface absurdity and the underlying poignancy…Weitz understands how the culture of wealth can weaken the bonds between parents and children.“ —The New York Times. ”…the play succeeds wonderfully…a beautiful portrait of brothers helping each other cope with the adult world.“ —New York Post. ”Weitz has a gift for capturing the parlance of youth…"

— Variety

Publication

Year 2006
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822220923
ISBN-10 082222092X
LCC PS3573.E4314 P75 2006

Privilege is a comedy play written by Paul Weitz and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2006).

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