August : Osage County / Tracy Letts

This play presents a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-ac...

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Main Author: Letts, Tracy, 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Theatre Communication Group, [2008]
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Summary:This play presents a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-act, three-and-a-half-hour mammoth of a play combines tragedy with black comedy, dramatizing three generations of unfulfilled dreams and leaving not one of its thirteen characters unscathed
Physical Description:1 online resource (138 pages)
Awards:Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama, 2008.
ISBN:9781559366090
1559366095
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record