Balm in Gilead and Other Plays
| AUTHOR | Wilson, Lanford |
| PUBLISHER | Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl (01/01/1965) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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"Lanford Wilson is the rare dramatist, witty and humorous, who sees all his characters from the inside...Balm is life itself trapped in a play."--New York
Balm in Gilead and Other Plays features Lanford Wilson's first full-length play. It takes place in upper Manhattan at a greasy, slum diner, Frank's cafe, where drug addicts, sex works, and petty criminals come to escape their boredom and suffering.
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ISBN-13:
9780374521561
ISBN-10:
0374521565
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
116
Carton Quantity:
66
Product Dimensions:
5.12 x 0.34 x 8.04 inches
Weight:
0.34 pound(s)
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Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Drama | American - General
Dewey Decimal:
812.54
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"Lanford Wilson is the rare dramatist, witty and humorous, who sees all his characters from the inside...Balm is life itself trapped in a play."--New York
Balm in Gilead and Other Plays features Lanford Wilson's first full-length play. It takes place in upper Manhattan at a greasy, slum diner, Frank's cafe, where drug addicts, sex works, and petty criminals come to escape their boredom and suffering.
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Author:
Wilson, Lanford
Lanford Wilson was born in Lebanon, Missouri, in 1938 and attended the University of Chicago. A founding member of the Circle Repertory Company in New York, he has seen many of his plays produced in theaters all over the United States and abroad. He is the recipient of many awards, including a Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and two Obies.
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