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DON DELILLO (1936 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Born and raised in New York City. He has written thirteen novels and three stage plays and has won many honours in the US and abroad including the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Jerusalem Prize.
Plays by Don DeLillo
Day Room, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Repertory Theatre, Harvard | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | American Theatre Magazine, NY - September, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9305 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The play opens in a brightly lit hospital room occupied by two men. One, the amiable Budge, does Tai Chi exercises while trying, without much success, to strike up a conversation with his taciturn roommate, Wyatt. Then, slowly but inexorably, their world begins to spin away from reality as they are visited by a series of fellow patients and hospital staffers, all of whom, it turns out, may not be what they seem. Oddly normal, but also oddly frightening, it is soon apparent that they have strayed in from the psychiatric ward of the adjacent Arno Klein Wing, and are all quite mad. In the second act, which is set in the day room of the psychiatric ward, the same performers reappear, but with different identities. Some of them, claiming to be actors, transform the room into a tacky motel suite in which a play-within-the-play is to take place; others become tourists searching for the renowned "Arno Klein Theater Company"; and one man, strait-jacketed and tied in a chair, "becomes" a television set. At last Arno Klein himself appears, and proves to be the man (Budge) who started the play. So, in the end, we have come full circle, with appearance and reality, madness and normality, still tantalizingly undefined, and with the growing conviction that all the world may indeed be no more than a stage-and all its inhabitants merely players. | |||||
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Love-Lies-Bleeding | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82088 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Love-Lies-Bleeding focuses on the last years of a free-spirited artist, now left invalid after a second stroke. His estranged son, wife and ex-wife struggle over the ultimate question: How do they let him die with dignity? As DeLillo masterfully tackles the ethics of their decision, he amplifies what it truly means to be alive. | |||||
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Valparaiso | ||
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| 1st Published: | Scribner, New York, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9306 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Michael Majeski finds himself in a surprising situation when he thinks he is flying to Valparaiso, Indiana. Through a series of mix-ups, Michael finds himself first flying to Valparaiso, Florida and then eventually lands in Valparaiso, Chile. Even more unexpected is the media onslaught that follows. He finds himself pursued by every kind of interviewer and the object of fascination for the American audience. As his fame grows, Michael's personal life begins to erode. He and his wife Livia struggle to keep their marriage and their lives in tact despite the growing intensity of the media spotlight. Ultimately, Michael must choose between his sanity and his celebrity | |||||
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