Some Girl(s): A Play by Neil LaBute (English) Paperback Book

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Your career as a writer is blossoming, your beautiful, young fiancee is waiting to get married and rush off to Cancun by your side—so what is your natural reaction? Well, if you're a man, it's probably to get nervous and start calling up old girlfriends. And so begins a single man's odyssey through four hotel rooms as he flies across the country in search of the perfect woman (that he's already broken up with). "Some Girl(s)" is the latest work from Neil Labute, American theater's great agent provocateur. In grand LaBute fashion, this by turns outrageously funny and deadly serious portrait of the artist as a young seducer casts a truthful, hilarious light on a typical young American male as he wanders through the heart of darkness that is himself. This edition includes a deleted scene.

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Your career as a writer is blossoming, your beautiful, young fiancee is waiting to get married and rush off to Cancun by your side, so what is your natural reaction? Well, if you're a man, it's probably to get nervous and start calling up old girlfriends. And so begins a single man's odyssey through four hotel rooms as he flies across the United States in search of the perfect woman (that he's already broken up with). By turns humorous and serious, this portrait of the artist as a young seducer casts a truthful, hilarious light on a typical young American male as he wanders through the heart of darkness that is himself. Dually instructive to both men and women: he will find it a handy field manual in 'how-to', she will find it a horror story bathed in truth.

Author Biography

Neil LaBute was born in 1963 in Detroit, Michigan. He is the wri ter/director of the films In the Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors, and author of the stage-plays Bash, The Shape of Things (which he also adapted for the screen) and, most recently, The Mercy Seat. He has also directed the feature films Nurse Betty and Possession, the latter adapted from the novel by A. S. Byatt.

Review

"The most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today." --David Amsden, New York magazine"[LaBute's] view of modern men and women is unsparing . . . [He] is holding up a pitiless mirror to ourselves. We may not like what we see, but we can't deny that--if only in some dark corner of our souls--it is there." --Jacques le Sourd, The Journal News (White Plains, NY)"LaBute . . . continues to probe the fascinating dark side of individualism . . . [His] great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not-knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying." --John Lahr, The New Yorker The most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today. David Amsden, New York magazine[LaBute's] view of modern men and women is unsparing . . . [He] is holding up a pitiless mirror to ourselves. We may not like what we see, but we can't deny that--if only in some dark corner of our souls--it is there. Jacques le Sourd, The Journal News (White Plains, NY)LaBute . . . continues to probe the fascinating dark side of individualism . . . [His] great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not-knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying. John Lahr, The New Yorker" The most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today. "David Amsden, New York magazine"[LaBute's] view of modern men and women is unsparing . . . [He] is holding up a pitiless mirror to ourselves. We may not like what we see, but we can't deny that--if only in some dark corner of our souls--it is there. "Jacques le Sourd, The Journal News (White Plains, NY)"LaBute . . . continues to probe the fascinating dark side of individualism . . . [His] great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not-knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying. "John Lahr, The New Yorker"" "The most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today."--David Amsden, "New York" magazine "[LaBute's] view of modern men and women is unsparing . . . [He] is holding up a pitiless mirror to ourselves. We may not like what we see, but we can't deny that--if only in some dark corner of our souls--it is there."--Jacques le Sourd, "The Journal News" (White Plains, NY) "LaBute . . . continues to probe the fascinating dark side of individualism . . . [His] great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not-knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying."--John Lahr, "The New Yorker"""

Review Quote

"The most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today."-David Amsden,New Yorkmagazine

Excerpt from Book

Some Girl(s) Silence. Darkness. Part One: "Sam" A fairly standard hotel room. High-end without being too obvious; a resort chain of some kind. Marriott or one of those. Bed, work space, TV, minibar. Probably a nice chair.

Details ISBN0571229824 Author Neil LaBute Short Title SOME GIRL(S) GORGIAS PRESS AND Pages 91 Publisher Faber & Faber Edition Description Gorgias Press a Language English ISBN-10 0571229824 ISBN-13 9780571229826 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 812 Year 2006 Publication Date 2006-06-30 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Residence Ft. Wayne, IN, US Imprint Faber & Faber Subtitle A Play DOI 10.1604/9780571229826 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2005-05-19 AU Release Date 2005-05-19 NZ Release Date 2005-05-19 We've got this

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