A hugely-acclaimed black comedy exposing the dark side of the Midwestern American family.
When the large Weston family is reunited in Oklahoma after the disappearance of their father, they let loose a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets.
Tracy Letts's play August: Osage County was first performed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in June 2007.
It was first staged in the UK at the National Theatre in 2008.
August: Osage County won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play and the Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.
'One of the truly great nights of American theatre'
- Independent
'Something special... a dramatic tour de force, first smouldering and then blazing with acrimony, appalling behaviour and vicious home truths'
- Telegraph
'Fully deserves to join the roll call of classic American plays'
- Independent on Sunday
'A triumph'
- Sunday Times
'Sensationally entertaining...Tracy Letts' fiercely funny, turbo-charged tragicomedy is, flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years'
- New York Times
Best New Play, Critics' Circle Awards
Best Play, Tony Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- ISBN:
- 9781848420250
- 9781848420250
-
Category:
- Plays
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
13-11-2008
- Publisher:
- Nick Hern Books
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions (mm):
- 198x129x13mm
- Weight:
- 0.16kg
This title is in stock with our Australian supplier and should arrive at our Sydney warehouse within 2 - 3 weeks of you placing an order.
Once received into our warehouse we will despatch it to you with a Shipping Notification which includes online tracking.
Please check the estimated delivery times below for your region, for after your order is despatched from our warehouse:
ACT Metro 2 working days
NSW Metro 2 working days
NSW Rural 2 - 3 working days
NSW Remote 2 - 5 working days
NT Metro 3 - 6 working days
NT Remote 4 - 10 working days
QLD Metro 2 - 4 working days
QLD Rural 2 - 5 working days
QLD Remote 2 - 7 working days
SA Metro 2 - 5 working days
SA Rural 3 - 6 working days
SA Remote 3 - 7 working days
TAS Metro 3 - 6 working days
TAS Rural 3 - 6 working days
VIC Metro 2 - 3 working days
VIC Rural 2 - 4 working days
VIC Remote 2 - 5 working days
WA Metro 3 - 6 working days
WA Rural 4 - 8 working days
WA Remote 4 - 12 working days
Share This Book: