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August: Osage County
Tracy Letts
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Description for August: Osage County
Paperback. A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harbouring shady little secrets. When the extended Weston family is reunited after dad disappears, the Oklahoma household explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
A hugely-acclaimed black comedy exposing the dark side of the Midwestern American family.
When the large Weston family is reunited in Oklahoma after the disappearance of their father, they let loose a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets.
Tracy Letts's play August: Osage County was first performed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in June 2007.
It was first staged in the UK at the National Theatre in 2008.
August: Osage County won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play and the Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848420250
SKU
V9781848420250
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99-12
About Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts is an American playwright, screenwriter and actor, and is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. Other plays include: Killer Joe (1993), Bug (1996), Superior Donuts (2008), Mary Page Marlowe (2016) and Linda Vista (2017).
Reviews for August: Osage County
'One of the truly great nights of American theatre'
Independent
'Something special... a dramatic tour de force, first smouldering and then blazing with acrimony, appalling behaviour and vicious home truths'
Telegraph
'Fully deserves to join the roll call of classic American plays'
Independent on Sunday
'A triumph'
Sunday Times
'Sensationally entertaining...Tracy Letts' ... Read more
Independent
'Something special... a dramatic tour de force, first smouldering and then blazing with acrimony, appalling behaviour and vicious home truths'
Telegraph
'Fully deserves to join the roll call of classic American plays'
Independent on Sunday
'A triumph'
Sunday Times
'Sensationally entertaining...Tracy Letts' ... Read more