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The Nether: A Play
Jennifer Haley
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Description for The Nether: A Play
Paperback. The Nether, a daring examination of moral responsibility in virtual worlds, opens with a familiar interrogation scene given a technological twist. As Detective Morris, an online investigator, questions Mr. Sims about his activities in a role-playing realm so realistic it could be life, she finds herself on slippery ethical ground. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
The Nether, a daring examination of moral responsibility in virtual worlds, opens with a familiar interrogation scene given a technological twist. As Detective Morris, an investigator of the Nether's online offerings, questions Mr. Sims about his activities in a role-playing realm so realistic it could be life, she finds herself on unexpectedly slippery ground. Sims argues for the freedom to explore even the most deviant corners of our imagination. Morris holds that we cannot flesh out our malign fantasies without consequence. Their clash of wills leads to a consequence neither could have imagined. Suspenseful, ingeniously constructed, and fiercely intelligent, Haley's ... Read more
The Nether, a daring examination of moral responsibility in virtual worlds, opens with a familiar interrogation scene given a technological twist. As Detective Morris, an investigator of the Nether's online offerings, questions Mr. Sims about his activities in a role-playing realm so realistic it could be life, she finds herself on unexpectedly slippery ground. Sims argues for the freedom to explore even the most deviant corners of our imagination. Morris holds that we cannot flesh out our malign fantasies without consequence. Their clash of wills leads to a consequence neither could have imagined. Suspenseful, ingeniously constructed, and fiercely intelligent, Haley's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
180g
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810130630
SKU
V9780810130630
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About Jennifer Haley
Jennifer Haley won the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for The Nether. The play's premiere by the Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles won seven 2013 Ovation Awards, including Playwriting. Her other plays include Neighborhood 3: Requisitions of Doom and Breadcrumbs. Her work has been developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab, The Eugene O'Neill Theater ... Read more
Reviews for The Nether: A Play
-Tapping into the post-9/11 fears and discussion surrounding privacy and human rights, The Nether forces audiences to contemplate the consequences of these issues even in the most repellent cases.
-TheaterMania -Like the hard-core radical voyeurs in Jennifer Haley's terrific sci-fi play 'The Nether, ' you won't want to leave the Hideaway.
-Variety -Big-budget theater rarely has this kind of hip factor and ... Read more
-TheaterMania -Like the hard-core radical voyeurs in Jennifer Haley's terrific sci-fi play 'The Nether, ' you won't want to leave the Hideaway.
-Variety -Big-budget theater rarely has this kind of hip factor and ... Read more