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Antigone (The Thebans)
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Antigone In New York
by Janusz Głowacki, Joan Torres
Synopsis
Full Length Dark comedy / Casting: 3m 1f / Scenery: Exterior Selected by TIME Magazine as one of the ten best plays of the year Antigone in New York concerns a homeless Puerto Rican woman who wants to steal the body of her lover from Potter's Field and bury it in a city park.
She and her accomplices two homeless Eastern European refugees end up with the wrong body and a myriad of problems.
"Witty and acerbic."
TIME Magazine "As comic as it is devastating this dark giddy play deri
Press Reviews
"Witty and acerbic."
— TIME Magazine
"As comic as it is devastating, this dark, giddy play derives its power from the sinister fusion of impossibility with truth."
— Time Out
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 2010
Binding Paperback
Pages 88
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573696350
ISBN-10 0573696357
LCCN 97204044
LCC PG7166.L58 A8413 1997
DCC 891.8/5273
Antigone In New York is a American comedy play written by Janusz Głowacki and published by Samuel French in New York (2010).
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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