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Reasons to Be Pretty

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Informationen zum Autor Neil LaBute Klappentext Greg is overheard admitting that his girlfriend Steph is no beauty, but that he wouldn''t change her for the world. She is devastated; he can''t see what he''s done wrong. Meanwhile, Greg''s friend Kent alternates between boasting about how gorgeous his wife Carlyis and chasing after a hot new colleague. The final part of Neil LaBute''s ''beauty trilogy'' (following The Shape of Things and Fat Pig ) about society''s obsession with looks, Reasons to Be Pretty premiered in the UK at the Almeida Theatre, London, in November 2011. ''[ The Shape of Things ] is LaBute''s thesis on extreme feminine wiles, as well as a disquisition on how far an artist can go in the name of art . . . Like a chiropractor for the soul, LaBute is looking for realignment, listening for the crack.'' Elle ''A heart-warming tale from America''s master misanthrope.'' Independent on Fat Pig Reasons To Be Pretty is an award-winning play from Neil LaBute that first staged on Broadway in 2009. Zusammenfassung Greg is overheard admitting that his girlfriend Steph is no beauty, but that he wouldn't change her for the world. She is devastated; he can't see what he's done wrong. Meanwhile, Greg's friend Kent alternates between boasting about how gorgeous his wife Carly is and chasing after a hot new colleague.

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Authors Neil LaBute, LaBute Neil
Publisher Faber & Faber
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 17.11.2011
Subject Fiction > Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
 
EAN 9780571280698
ISBN 978-0-571-28069-8
Pages 112
Dimensions (packing) 13 x 20 x 1.5 cm
 
Subjects DRAMA / General
Appearances; Cruelty; Identity; Misanthropy; Society
 

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