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Stage Kiss

Sarah Ruhl

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Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
24 February 2015
""A gift and a rarity: a superb new romantic comedy that's moving, smart and flat-out hilarious... You will have difficulty breathing. Stage Kiss is that funny."" - Jesse Green, New York ""In Stage Kiss passion and fidelity engage in a kind of elegant pas de deux...

At once a knowing send-up of the hazy half-truths of stage naturalism and a meditation on the nature of desire and sexual fantasy, the play manages to be both wholly original and instantly recognizable."" - John Lahr, New Yorker ""A knockabout farce that channels Nol Coward and Michael Frayn."" - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune ""Wickedly clever... Ruhl's unique, breezily elegant dialogue is fully present."" - Steven Oxman, Variety ""A lively blend of romantic comedy and backstage farce... Stage Kiss reminds us of how the artifice of theater can stir real emotions not just for those who create it, but for those who attend it, too."" - Charles Isherwood, New York Times When estranged lovers are thrown together as romantic leads in a long-forgotten 1930s melodrama, the line between offstage and onstage begins to blur. Here, Sarah Ruhl, one of America's most widely produced playwrights, brings her unique mix of lyricism, sparkling humor and fierce intelligence to the world of romantic comedy. The play asks us to consider what is real, both in love and in art. Sarah Ruhl's plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists In the Next Room or the vibrator play (Tony Award nominee, Best Play) and The Clean House (Susan Smith Blackburn Award), as well as Passion Play, a cycle; Dead Man's Cell Phone; Dear Elizabeth; Eurydice; Melancholy Play and Late: a cowboy song. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a PEN/Laura Pels Award and a MacArthur Fellowship.
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Imprint:   Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 135mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   212g
ISBN:   9781559364706
ISBN 10:   155936470X
Pages:   160
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sarah Ruhl's other plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) and The Clean House, as well as Passion Play, Dean Man's Cell Phone, Demeter in the City, Eurydice, Melancholy Play, and Late: a cowboy song. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a PEN/Laura Pels Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her plays have premiered on Broadway, off-Broadway, and in many theaters around the world.

Reviews for Stage Kiss

'A gift and a rarity: a superb new romantic comedy that's moving, smart and flat-out hilarious... You will have difficulty breathing. Stage Kiss is that funny.' * New York * 'In Stage Kiss passion and fidelity engage in a kind of elegant pas de deux...At once a knowing send-up of the hazy half-truths of stage naturalism and a meditation on the nature of desire and sexual fantasy, the play manages to be both wholly original and instantly recognizable' -- John Lahr * New Yorker * 'A knockabout farce that channels Noel Coward and Michael Frayn.' * Chicago Tribune *


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