DPS New Releases
Dramatists Play Service is pleased to announce the publication of:
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE: DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION by David EdgarA companion piece to MOTHER'S AGAINST. “…a total triumph.” —Guardian (London). “…hugely impressive…this is an incisive, dense, intelligent, informative cycle.” —Times (London). “Edgar’s writing has a vigour, a swagger, a taut, tense texture that portrays men and women in the white heat of ambition, duplicity, conscience and tortured idealism.” —Sunday Times (London).
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE: MOTHER'S AGAINST by David EdgarA companion piece to DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION. “Overwelming…This is a drama about America as it was before George W. Bush, and—we can pray—might one day be again.” —Observer (London). “What Edgar has to say is breathtakingly timely. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE is theater as salt lick. You lap it up.” —NY Times. “Heady, impassioned and unfalteringly politically engaged…as exciting in ambition as it is penetrating.” —San Francisco Chronicle.
THE CONTROVERSY OF VALLADOLID by Jean-Claude Carrière, English version by Richard Nelson“Jean-Claude Carrière’s fierce attack on [the Catholic Church] for its policies on human slavery makes for a refreshing change. Although based on a Spanish papal tribunal of 1550, Carrière’s stern historical drama hits a resounding contempo note with its revelations of how the church agonized over its ultimate conclusion that indigenous American natives were children of God after all—after invading their land, destroying their culture, plundering their natural resources and subjecting thousands of people to servitude, torture and death.” —Variety.
MANUSCRIPT by Paul Grellong“A twisty dark comedy about ambition and ruthlessness, with a fancifully elaborate Hitchcockian revenge plot up its sleeve.” —Variety. “Schemes, double crosses, literary ambitions and cool, calculating manipulation: MANUSCRIPT is like Deathtrap for the prep school set…enough plot twists to keep the audience guessing and engrossed.” —NY Newsday. “A wonderfully entertaining comedy filled with crisp, witty dialogue…never misses a beat…the characters exchange one zinger after another while plotting their deception.” —A.P. “Hip, witty and wholly unpredictable.” —Time Out.
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson“An affectionate portrait of the legendary movie producer David O. Selznick and his collaborators…a lot of fun…dispenses a good deal of insider’s dope on the professional and personal dynamics that fueled the production [of Gone with the Wind]…plenty of genuine wit in the dialogue, and the characters are drawn with such affection that one can’t help but cheer for them.” —NY Post. “…a Hollywood dream-factory farce…At once a hyperventilating slapstick comedy, an impassioned love song and a blazing critique of Hollywood…just when you think it’s all fun and games…[Hutchinson] turns the tables…he has a gift for enveloping you in blackness. And then, with a single line…he also can lift the heavy cloud and get on with the hilarity.” —Chicago Sun Times.
SAILOR'S SONG by John Patrick Shanley From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of DOUBT comes an extravagant romantic seaside story decorated with dance. “…represents life’s more alluringly exotic possibilities.” —NY Times. “Shanley pursues some tough and intelligent themes.” —NY Newsday.
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE: DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION by David EdgarA companion piece to MOTHER'S AGAINST. “…a total triumph.” —Guardian (London). “…hugely impressive…this is an incisive, dense, intelligent, informative cycle.” —Times (London). “Edgar’s writing has a vigour, a swagger, a taut, tense texture that portrays men and women in the white heat of ambition, duplicity, conscience and tortured idealism.” —Sunday Times (London).
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE: MOTHER'S AGAINST by David EdgarA companion piece to DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION. “Overwelming…This is a drama about America as it was before George W. Bush, and—we can pray—might one day be again.” —Observer (London). “What Edgar has to say is breathtakingly timely. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE is theater as salt lick. You lap it up.” —NY Times. “Heady, impassioned and unfalteringly politically engaged…as exciting in ambition as it is penetrating.” —San Francisco Chronicle.
THE CONTROVERSY OF VALLADOLID by Jean-Claude Carrière, English version by Richard Nelson“Jean-Claude Carrière’s fierce attack on [the Catholic Church] for its policies on human slavery makes for a refreshing change. Although based on a Spanish papal tribunal of 1550, Carrière’s stern historical drama hits a resounding contempo note with its revelations of how the church agonized over its ultimate conclusion that indigenous American natives were children of God after all—after invading their land, destroying their culture, plundering their natural resources and subjecting thousands of people to servitude, torture and death.” —Variety.
MANUSCRIPT by Paul Grellong“A twisty dark comedy about ambition and ruthlessness, with a fancifully elaborate Hitchcockian revenge plot up its sleeve.” —Variety. “Schemes, double crosses, literary ambitions and cool, calculating manipulation: MANUSCRIPT is like Deathtrap for the prep school set…enough plot twists to keep the audience guessing and engrossed.” —NY Newsday. “A wonderfully entertaining comedy filled with crisp, witty dialogue…never misses a beat…the characters exchange one zinger after another while plotting their deception.” —A.P. “Hip, witty and wholly unpredictable.” —Time Out.
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson“An affectionate portrait of the legendary movie producer David O. Selznick and his collaborators…a lot of fun…dispenses a good deal of insider’s dope on the professional and personal dynamics that fueled the production [of Gone with the Wind]…plenty of genuine wit in the dialogue, and the characters are drawn with such affection that one can’t help but cheer for them.” —NY Post. “…a Hollywood dream-factory farce…At once a hyperventilating slapstick comedy, an impassioned love song and a blazing critique of Hollywood…just when you think it’s all fun and games…[Hutchinson] turns the tables…he has a gift for enveloping you in blackness. And then, with a single line…he also can lift the heavy cloud and get on with the hilarity.” —Chicago Sun Times.
SAILOR'S SONG by John Patrick Shanley From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of DOUBT comes an extravagant romantic seaside story decorated with dance. “…represents life’s more alluringly exotic possibilities.” —NY Times. “Shanley pursues some tough and intelligent themes.” —NY Newsday.
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