The Trustus plays / / Jon Tuttle

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823874303321
• Autore: Tuttle Jon
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2009
• ISBN: 1-84150-295-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Collana: Playtext
• Disciplina: 812.54
• Soggetti: Existentialism; American wit and humor; Prisoners of war - Germany
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Preface; Through the Dark, Glassily: an Introduction; The Hammerstone; Drift; Holy Ghost; Holy Ghost from Page to Stage-and Back; Permissions; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The Trustus Plays is an intriguing collection of three full-length plays by US playwright Jon Tuttle. The Hammerstone (1994) is an academic comedy about two professors aging gracelessly; Drift (1998) is a dark comedy about marriage and divorce, and, Holy Ghost (2005) portrays the plight of German POW's kept in camps in the American South. Each is a winner of the national Trustus Playwrights Festival contest, and each has been produced by the Trustus Theatre, in Columbia, South Carolina.Tuttle's introduction discusses the existential underpinnings of the plays, and Trustus founder and Artistic