Quills
by Doug Wright

Quills Book Cover
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Highlights

120 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Obie Award

Winner! 1996 Obie Award for Playwrighting

Synopsis

THE STORY: Doctor Royer-Collard, head of Charenton Asylum, is visited by Renee Pelagie, wife of the asylum's most notorious inmate, the Marquis de Sade.

Furious that her husband's sadomasochistic pornography has tarnished her reputation, she offers

Press Reviews

"Doug Wright's raffish new comedy, part theater of the ridiculous, part comedy of manners and part Grand Guignol, successfully blends intentional archness, grotesque exaggeration and bold humor to create a theatrical experience of real wit.“ —The New York Times. ”Exuberant theater-making…gory, depraved, revolting and—uh-oh—sentimental. On top of all that, the play has something to say about censorship and what happens when you try to suppress art…Smirky, gross-out fun with a purpose. It's an amazing show.“ —Variety. ”Cunningly structured and gorgeously written, with every phrase turned to a high, gleaming polish. Quills is a superb piece of writing."

— Village Voice

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Quills - Act 1, Part 1

Publication

Year 1996
Binding Paperback
Pages 82
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822215318
ISBN-10 0822215314

Quills is a American comedy play written by Doug Wright and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1996).

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