Etiquette and Vitriol: The Food Chain and Other Plays - Softcover

Silver, Nicky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559361239 ISBN 13: 9781559361231

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group, 1996

Synopsis

The first play collection by a young master of razor-sharp wit and black humor.

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Review:

At this point in his career, you can almost visualize producers camped-out beside playwright Nicky Silver's door. Almost everything he writes gets produced, generally Off-Broadway, and almost everything produced gets raves and goes on to be staged at resident companies everywhere. Etiquitte and Vitriol is a rare opportunity to experience the uniquely neurotic comedy of Silver, both before his huge success when he was shaping his instrument, and after he becomes one of the most widely produced contemporary American playwrights. The latter two are his hits, The Food Chain and Pterodactyls. The earlier pieces are, Fat Men in Skirts (about cannibals, no less) and Free Will & Wanton Lust. He hasn't had a Broadway show, yet, but if you want to get a sense if his range, this volume is an admirable introduction.

From the Back Cover:

The first collection by a master of razor-sharp wit and black humor, Etiquette and Vitriol brings together two of Silver's highly acclaimed and successful works - the long-running Off-Broadway hit The Food Chain and the award-winning Pterodactyls - with two earlier works - Fat Men in Skirts and Free Will & Wanton Lust - which helped establish Silver as one of the leading comic voices of his generation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1559361239
• ISBN 13: 9781559361231
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300