The Black Comedy of John Guare
- ISBN-10
- 0874137632
- ISBN-13
- 9780874137637
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 289
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Author
- Gene A. Plunka
Description
This book, the first full-length study of Guare's theater, will make his plays more accessible through an examination of the often unnerving type of black comedy that makes his plays work.".
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