Black Comedy of John Guare |
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| Author:
| Plunka, Gene A. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61149-206-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of Delaware Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $47.00 |
Book Description:
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This study explores American playwright John Guare's unnerving and paradoxical theater through an examination of black comedy. It attempts to make Guare's theater more accessible by arguing that Guare's black humor has its roots in the tradition of farce_broadly satirical dark comedies in which humor is discovered in pain, despair, or horror.
This study explores American playwright John Guare's unnerving and paradoxical theater through an examination of black comedy. It attempts to make Guare's theater more accessible by arguing that Guare's black humor has its roots in the tradition of farce_broadly satirical dark comedies in which humor is discovered in pain, despair, or horror.