F.O.B. and Other Plays (Plume) [Mass Market Paperback]

David Henry Hwang (Author), Maxine Hong Kingston (Foreword)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Plume (December 30, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452263239
• ISBN-13: 978-0452263239
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,273,370 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Henry Hwang is a playwright, screenwriter and librettist for musicals and operas. He is a Tony Award winner and three-time nominee, a three-time Obie Award winner, and a two-time Nominated Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. His works include the plays M. BUTTERFLY, GOLDEN CHILD, YELLOW FACE, THE DANCE AND THE RAILROAD and FOB; the Broadway musicals Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA (co-author), the revised FLOWER DRUM SONG and DISNEY'S TARZAN; and the operas THE VOYAGE (music by Philip Glass), AINADAMAR (Osvaldo Golijov - winner of two 2007 Grammy Awards), THE SILVER RIVER (Bright Sheng) and ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Unsuk Chin). His first play, FOB, premiered in his lounge of his dormitory at Stanford University. Hwang serves on the Council of the Dramatists Guild and was appointed by President Clinton to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, actress Kathryn Layng, and their children.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good collection of Hwang's early work, January 4, 2000

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This review is from: F.O.B. and Other Plays (Plume) (Mass Market Paperback)

David Henry Hwang is best-known for his play, "M Butterfly," and this is a shame. Although "Butterfly" is indeed a wonderful play, Hwang is one of the more versatile playwrights today, and this book shows the breadth of it. Most of his plays (FOB, Dance and the Railroad) deal with Chinese Americans, but he often wanders into other veins. "1000 Airplanes on the Roof," a science-fiction piece about alien abduction, is a terrific example. Try to get ahold of a copy of this book if you can; it is well worth it.

0 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "FOB" deals with the stereotypes and fears of immigrants, May 13, 1997

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This review is from: F.O.B. and Other Plays (Plume) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book contains many plays written by Mr. Hwang but the one play that I will review will be "FOB." The play "FOB" focuses on the power struggle between the 2 sexes and the battle between Mainland Chinese immigrants and Americanized Chinese. One aspect of the dislike that I had with the book was the inconsistant behaviors of the characters. But one thing I liked is the about this play is that it can be very interpertive and that the story is not very straight forward