The God of Hell - A Play

Zusatztext “Startling.... Apocalyptic.... A confident and unsettling scenario of surreal doom.” – The New Yorker “A robust new farce that shows Mr. Shepard’s gift for finding deadpan surrealism in bucolic speech.” – The New York Times “Deliriously entertaining and deeply scary.... A shivering work of existential mystery.” – Newsday Informationen zum Autor SAM SHEPARD  was the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of more than fifty-five plays, three story collections, and two works of prose fiction. As an actor, he appeared in more than sixty films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for  The Right Stuff.  He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collection  Great Dream of Heaven.  In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. He died in 2017. Klappentext Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard's latest play is an uproarious! brilliantly provocative farce that brings the gifts of a quintessentially American playwright to bear on the current American dilemma. Frank and Emma are a quiet! respectable couple who raise cows on their Wisconsin farm. Soon after they agree to put up Frank's old friend Haynes! who is on the lam from a secret government project involving plutonium! they're visited by Welch! an unctuous government bureaucrat from hell. His aggressive patriotism puts Frank! Emma! and Haynes on the defensive! transforming a heartland American household into a scene of torture and promoting a radioactive brand of conformity with a dangerously long half life. Scene One Set: Early morning. Interior, very simple Midwestern farmhouse. Frosty windows looking out to distant vague, snowbound pastures-no details. Two rooms separated by a simple kitchen counter. Small kitchen stage left with faded linoleum floor. Modest living room, stage right, with plank wood floor; small couch downstage right. Many potted plants of various sizes line the walls of the living room, not arranged with any sense of design or order. An exterior door upstage right leading out to a small mudroom and porch landing. A black cast-iron school bell hangs from the porch ceiling on a short rope. Stage left wall of kitchen has an open arched entranceway leading to other rooms dimly lit offstage. The usual kitchen appliances, cupboards, and sink-all dating from the fifties. Down left corner of kitchen is a semiconcealed staircase leading down to the basement, dim yellow light leaking up from stairs. Handrail and first flight of stairs leading down are all that's visible to the audience. Lights up on EMMA in blue terry-cloth bathrobe, slippers, moving methodically back and forth from the kitchen sink, where she fills a yellow plastic pitcher with water and carries it to the plants. She waters plants and returns to refill pitcher, then repeats the process. FRANK , her husband, sits on couch with pair of work boots in his lap, greasing them with mink oil. It's a while before they speak. EMMA: He's not up yet? FRANK: Haven't heard him. EMMA: I thought they were supposed to be early risers. FRANK: Who? EMMA: These scientists. FRANK: He's not a scientist. What made you think that? EMMA: I thought you said he was a scientist. FRANK: Nope. EMMA: Well, what is he then? FRANK: I'm not sure. I mean, I'm not sure about his official title. EMMA: Official? So, he's working for the government or something? FRANK: I think he's in research. EMMA: I thought you said it was something to do with the government. FRANK: No, I don't think I said that. EMMA: Arms or something. FRANK k: Arms? EMMA: Munitions. FRANK: I don't know. It has initials. EMMA: What does?...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sam Shepard
• Editore: Vintage USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.04.2005
• EAN: 9781400096510
• ISBN: 978-1-4000-9651-0
• Pagine: 112
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 205 mm x 10 mm
• Categoria: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica