The Busy World Is Hushed
by Keith Bunin

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Synopsis

With wisdom, humor and insight, The Busy World is Hushed examines the contradictions we find in our faith, our families and ourselves.

Hannah, a widowed minister, is hoping to translate a long-lost gospel when she is challenged by both her scholarly assistant and her wayward gay son.

But when family secrets are revealed, only a stranger can help Hannah find peace.

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Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Jill Clayburgh, Hamish Linklater and Luke MacFarlane.

Press Reviews

"★★★★★…Searching, perceptive, and absorbing…a tightly written interrogation of pain and belief…One of New York's essential playwrights, Bunin has written wonderful roles for his actors…Rooting through the intricate tangle of motivations that undergird personal faith, Bunin offers an empathetic and fair-minded view of religion: not as some derisory opiate of the people but as morphine for someone in possibly mortal pain.“ —Time Out New York. ”Remarkably ambitious…A theatrical miracle: a complex, thought-provoking look at why religion, faith, and the human heart can't always be reconciled…The script's most amazing facet is how Bunin exposes the threesome's souls through their esoteric bantering, with topics ranging from metaphysical semantics and predestination vs. freewill, then theological wrangling over the power of a superior being and the very meaning of life…It all leads to a highly charged finale, the resolution of which proves completely wrenching.“ —The Hollywood Reporter. ”…"

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Publication

Year 2007
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822221920
ISBN-10 0822221926
LCCN 2007540849
LCC PS3552.U4679 B87 2006

The Busy World Is Hushed is a American religious play written by Keith Bunin and published by Dramatists Play Service (2007).

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