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Includes: Behold the Coach, in a Blazer, Uninsured; Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rain; Enter the Spokeswoman, Gently; The Bully Composition; and Oh, the Humanity
Five short plays about being alive.
We'd like you to meet a bunch of people with something on their mind. There's a coach with an awkward confession to make and a spokeswoman who doesn't know what to say. This man and that woman want to fall in love, but they're not quite sure how. Oh, and these people want to take your picture, so just act natural, ok? Witty, charming and playful, Oh, The Humanity exposes the terrible hope and hilarious uncertainty of our lives, through the eyes of one of New York's hottest playwrights.
Published | 12 Jun 2012 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 64 |
ISBN | 9781849436281 |
Imprint | Oberon Books |
Series | Oberon Modern Plays |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Eno takes emotive topics mass death, loneliness, failure and plays pranks with our perceptions.
Financial Times
If you've ever had an urge to drop to your knees begging "can somebody help me please?" or wanted to admit "I don't know, I just don't know," then these five playlets by New Yorker Will Eno are for you Eno is a supreme monologist, using a distinctive, edgy blend of non-sequiters and provisional statements to explore the fragility of our existence, the way we determinedly cling on even when "the rug is disintegrating thread by thread, gone before it can be pulled from underneath us." There are a lot of words, but they are always exquisitely chosen ["Oh, the Humanity"] reveals that we are beautiful walking tragedies blinking with absurd optimism into the camera lens of history.
Guardian
Funny and tragic and truthful.
What s On Stage
Behind them all lies a true and very understanding and sympathetic, almost loving, picture of humanity. The writing is beautiful thought-provoking and entertaining - for there is laughter as well as sadness
British Theatre Guide
Horrifyingly insightful writing... one of the most understatedly invasive productions I have seen, that leaves you both comforted and refreshed yet as existentially confused as ever before.... has that rare theatrical gift of perfect balance in all areas. It adeptly manages contradictions in style, script and intentions. And it is that understanding of balance that makes it the most transparently human.
5 stars A Younger Theatre
For the uninitiated, "Oh, The Humanity" provides a perfect introduction to [Eno s] work Made up of five short plays, this is stripped back drama that is all about rich dialogue and big ideas.
What's On Stage
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