Items related to Jitters

French, David Jitters ISBN 13: 9780889222427

Jitters - Softcover

 
9780889222427: Jitters
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
Jitters, David French’s sophisticated backstage comedy, opens on the night of a preview of a new play, The Care and Treatment of Roses.” Within minutes, the audience is plunged into the world of the theatre, a world of instant loves and hates, easily bruised egos, contradictory interpretations of role and script all complicated by crises involving faulty props, lost lines and bad reviews, and all magnified by the opening night jitters” of cast, crew, writer and director.

First performed in 1979, Jitters was an instant critical and commercial success. In just a few years, the play was produced in nearly every regional theatre in Canada and enjoyed several American performances as well; and the published edition, introduced by Talonbooks in 1980, has gone through many printings. The play has been substantially changed in the process of undergoing its more than one hundred productions, and appears here in its revised edition.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:
David French
Born in Coley’s Point, Newfoundland, David French was one of Canada’s best-known and most critically acclaimed playwrights. His work received many major awards, and French was one of the first inductees into the Newfoundland Arts Hall of Honour.

Among his best-loved works are the semi-autobiographical Mercer plays: Salt-Water Moon, 1949, Leaving Home, recently named one of Canada’s 100 Most Influential Books (Literary Review of Canada) and one of the 1,000 Most Essential Plays in the English Language (Oxford Dictionary of Theatre), Of the Fields, Lately and Soldier’s Heart. The Mercer plays have received hundreds of productions across North America, including a Broadway production of Of the Fields, Lately. This quintet of plays about a Newfoundland family has also touched audiences in Europe, South America and Australia. In addition, French produced skillful adaptations of Alexander Ostrovsky’s The Forest, Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull and August Strindberg’s Miss Julie.
Review:
“French’s play – which I want to emphasize here, is also downright hilarious – is set in the lead-up to the opening night of a new play called The Care and Treatment of Roses. light-hearted, but honest examination of Canada’s cultural cringe ... it’s one of the most fun nights you’ll ever have at Soulpepper.”
Globe & Mail (2016) (2016-05-20)

“After the opening of ‘The Care and Treatment of Roses,’ a review is read aloud to the company and it is a dead-on spoof of an attitudinizing critic. He calls the play ‘a seamless fabric of passion and redeemed hope.’ The author wonders why the critic hedged at all. Why didn’t he come right out and say the play was perfect? With that review in mind, I will hedge a little. Jitters is an almost perfect comedy of its kind.”
—New York Times (2016-05-20)

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherTalonbooks
  • Publication date1986
  • ISBN 10 0889222428
  • ISBN 13 9780889222427
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages176
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780889221703: Jitters: A play (Talonplays)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780889221703
Publisher: Talonbooks, 1980
Softcover

  • 9780822205913: Jitters.

    Dramat..., 1998
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

French, David
Published by Talonbooks (1986)
ISBN 10: 0889222428 ISBN 13: 9780889222427
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0889222428

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 45.77
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.30
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

French, David
Published by Talonbooks (1986)
ISBN 10: 0889222428 ISBN 13: 9780889222427
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0889222428

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 45.91
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.25
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

French, David
Published by Talonbooks (1986)
ISBN 10: 0889222428 ISBN 13: 9780889222427
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0889222428

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 46.60
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

French, David
Published by Talonbooks (1986)
ISBN 10: 0889222428 ISBN 13: 9780889222427
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0889222428

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 55.31
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

French, David
Published by Talonbooks (1986)
ISBN 10: 0889222428 ISBN 13: 9780889222427
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
The Book Spot
(Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # Abebooks211856

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 59.00
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

French, David
Published by Talonbooks (1986)
ISBN 10: 0889222428 ISBN 13: 9780889222427
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.51. Seller Inventory # Q-0889222428

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 97.64
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.13
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds