James Purdy: Selected Plays

Selected Plays

By: James Purdy, John Uecker (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 June 2009

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Hailed as a creative genius (TLS) and a singular American visionary (New York Times), James Purdy may be best known for his remarkable novels, but he is also an astonishing playwright who has written nine full-length and twenty short plays. Purdy is one of the few contemporary American writers capable of writing tragedy-Tennessee Williams called him a uniquely gifted man of the theater. This collection presents four riveting and beautifully crafted works: Brice, The Paradise Circus, Where Quentin Goes, and Ruthanna Elder. Each explores a range of emotional and familial tangles, as fathers betray their sons and squander their inheritances, siblings compete for parental affection, and husbands and wives try to salvage meaning from their broken marriages. The plays are written in Purdy's authentic idiom, which Paul Bowles called the closest [we have] to a classical American colloquial.

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James Purdy's plays have much of the exciting existentiality that infuses his novels and seem content to take drama to interesting places it does not always want to go. -- Edward Albee
James Purdy is an authentic American genius. -- Gore Vidal
James Purdy's Selected Plays will break your damaged little heart. -- John Waters
Purdy is a writer of the highest rank in originality, insight, and power. -- Dorothy Parker
One of the greatest writers produced in America during the past hundred years. -- Dame Edith Sitwell
These four darkly shimmering plays are a very welcome addition to Purdy's shelf of novels and stories, and once more reveal him to be a pure, unique, and unforgettable voice in the literature of our time. -- Bradford Morrow

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