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Lee Blessing: Four Plays

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Contains the plays" Nice People Dancing to Country Music", "Independence", "Riches", and "Eleemosynary".

this book is a collection of four of lee blessing's plays..all of which center upon women. he describes this in his introduction. what he DOESN'T prepare the reader for, however, is the massive amount of emotion unleashed...particularly by the stand-out play in this set, "eleemosynary". having seen it performed several times, i can say that the best way to absorb this brilliantly emotional piece of modern theatre is to read it first. everything..from the way blessing describes stage set-up, to the way he uses flashbacks...is a perfect example of what is good in today's minimalist theatre.