Selected Works - by Terrence McNally (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Since his first play, And Things That Go Bump in the Night, which premiered in 1965, McNally has proven himself to be a trailblazing figure and unique voice in American theater, known for his exploration of gay themes and his chronicling of America's changing social attitudes over the past fifty years. His thirty-three plays, nine musicals, three operas, and seven scripts for film and television, are a testament to his astonishing commitment to writing. In Selected Plays, for the very first time, McNally collects a set of eight plays that he considers the most important of his oeuvre, including the Tony-nominated Mothers and Sons and the critically acclaimed And Away We Go, neither of which have been previously published. Introducing each play with a personal essay that recounts an anecdote or discusses an aspect of the play that proceeds it, McNally himself frames his own life in the theater. Selected Plays is a landmark publication, a memoir in plays from one of America's most highly regarded and best-loved playwrights.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"Terrence McNally is one of our most original and audacious dramatists, and one of our funniest."--<i>New Yorker</i> <p/>Since his first play, <i>And Things That Go Bump in the Night</i>, which premiered in 1965, McNally has proven himself to be a trailblazing figure and unique voice in American theater, known for his exploration of gay themes and his chronicling of America's changing social attitudes over the past fifty years. His thirty-three plays, nine musicals, three operas, and seven scripts for film and television, are a testament to his astonishing commitment to writing. In <i>Selected Plays</i>, for the very first time, McNally collects a set of eight plays that he considers the most important of his oeuvre, including the Tony-nominated <i>Mothers and Sons</i> and the critically acclaimed <i>And Away We Go</i>, neither of which have been previously published. Introducing each play with a personal essay that recounts an anecdote or discusses an aspect of the play that proceeds it, McNally himself frames his own life in the theater. <i>Selected Plays</i> is a landmark publication, a memoir in plays from one of America's most highly regarded and best-loved playwrights.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Terrence McNally, </b> the winner of four Tony Awards, is the author of such critically acclaimed plays as <i>Love! Valor! Compassion!</i>; <i>Master Class</i>; <i>Lips Together, Teeth Apart;</i> and <i>The Lisbon Traviata</i>. He has also written a number of TV scripts, including Andre's Mother, for which he won an Emmy Award. McNally has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, a Lucille Lortel Award, the Hull-Warriner Award for Best Play, on two occasions, and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York.<br>
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