Neil LaBute Filthy Talk for Troubled Times; The Mercy Seat; Some Girl(s); This Is How It Goes; Helter Skelter; A Second of Pleasure

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Synopsis

Filthy Talk for Troubled Time is one of LaBute's earliest plays. A downbeat night at a topless bar exposes the gulf between the twitchy clientele and the waitresses who serve but despise them. The Mercy Seat examines a couple who, on the day after a world-changing atrocity, toy with exploiting it to start a new life. Some Girl(s) follows a young writer's panicked retreat from his imminent wedding as he seeks out old girlfriends and opens new wounds, while in This Is How It Goes the breakdown of a seemingly successful marriage is complicated by submerged bigotry. The collection also includes two short plays about relationships in crisis - A Second of Pleasure and Helter Skelter - which are in equal part tender and chilling.Together these plays form a complex and compelling portrait of the sexes - sometimes warring, sometimes loving, but never fully at peace.

Book details

Edition:
Main
Author:
Neil LaBute
ISBN:
9780571307869
Related ISBNs:
9780571307852
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-04-18
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2013
Copyright by:
Neil LaBute, 2 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts, Nonfiction