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A Bright Room Called Day

A Bright Room Called Day Softcover - 1994

by KUSHNER, Tony

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America comes this powerful portrayal of individual dissolution and resolution in the face of political catastrophe. A Bright Room Called Day premiered in San Francisco at the Eureke Theatre in 1987 and was subsequently produced at the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1991.

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(New York): Theatre Communications Group, 1994. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Wraps slightly rubbed, else fine.
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  • Title A Bright Room Called Day
  • Author KUSHNER, Tony
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Theatre Communications Group, (New York)
  • Date 1994
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 575114
  • ISBN 9781559360784 / 155936078X
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.49 x 5.39 x 0.53 in (21.56 x 13.69 x 1.35 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
    • Topical: Holocaust
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical drama, Political plays
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94002599
  • Dewey Decimal Code 812.54

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From the rear cover

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner's powerful portrayal of individual resolution, irresolution and dissolution in the face of political catastrophe, A Bright Room Called Day follows a group of artists and political activists struggling to preserve themselves in 1930s Berlin as the Weimar Republic surrenders to the seduction of fascism. Often exquisitely lyrical, always exhilaratingly intelligent, the poetic world of the play moves beyond the bounds of historical reality with the morally outraged outpourings of a contemporary New York woman. Her fury at the Reagan and Bush presidencies brings into stark relief the discomfiting similarities between then and now, and challenges us to remember that although evil may seem inevitable, it is never irresistible.

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  • Booklist, 01/01/1995, Page 795

About the author

Tony Kushner's plays include Angels in America; Hydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Brown; The Illusion, adapted from the play by Pierre Cornelle; Slavs!; A Bright Room Called Day; Homebody/Kabul; Caroline, or Change, a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of Angels in America and for Steven Spielberg's Munich and Lincoln. His books include The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; Brundibar, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; and Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon.
Among many honors, Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy Award, two Oscar nominations, and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, Mark Harris.

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