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August: Osage County (movie tie-in) Paperback – November 5, 2013

by Tracy Letts (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
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Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2008 Tony Award for Best New Play. Now a major motion picture!

"A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people." —TimeOut New York

"Tracy Letts' August: Osage County is what O'Neill would be writing in 2007. Letts has recaptured the nobility of American drama's mid-century heyday while still creating something entirely original." —New York magazine

“I don’t care if August: Osage County is three-and-a-half hours long. I wanted more.” –Howard Shapiro, Philadelphia Inquirer

"This original and corrosive black comedy deserves a seat at the table with the great American family plays."—Time

One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent history, August: Osage County is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest—and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-act, three-and-a-half-hour mammoth of a play combines epic tragedy with black comedy, dramatizing three generations of unfulfilled dreams and leaving not one of its thirteen characters unscathed.
August: Osage County has been produced in more than twenty countries worldwide and is now a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Dermot Mulroney, Sam Shepard, Juliette Lewis, and Ewan McGregor.


Tracy Letts is the author of Killer Joe, Bug, and Man from Nebraska, which was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His plays have been performed throughout the country and internationally. A performer as well as a playwright, Letts is a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where August: Osage County premiered.
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  1. Print length
    152 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Theatre Communications Group
  4. Publication date
    November 5, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1559364661
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1559364669
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“This fusion of epic tragedy and black comedy is a bold step for Letts, whose earthy, distinctly contemporary wit flows throughout. His account of a family whose secrets and lies come spilling forth under duress ranks with the best American drama of the past decade.” –Elysa Gardner, USA Today

“In Tracy Letts’s ferociously entertaining play, the American dysfunctional family drama comes roaring into the twenty-first century with eyes blazing, nostrils flaring and fangs bared, laced with corrosive humor so darkly delicious and ghastly that you’re squirming in your seat even as you’re doubled over laughing. A massive meditation on the cruel realities that often belie standard expectations of conjugal and family accord—not to mention on the decline of American integrity itself.” –David Rooney, Variety

“August will cement Letts’s place in theatrical history. He has written a Great American Play. How many of those will we get the chance to discover in our lifetime?” –Melissa Rose Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly

“Packed with unforgettable characters and dozens of quotable lines, August: Osage County is a tensely satisfying comedy, interspersed with remarkable evocations on the cruelties and (occasional) kindnesses of family life.” –Eric Gorde, New York Sun

“This fusion of epic tragedy and black comedy is a bold step for Letts, whose earthy, distinctly contemporary wit flows throughout. His account of a family whose secrets and lies come spilling forth under duress ranks with the best American drama of the past decade.” –Elysa Gardner, USA Today

“In Tracy Letts’s ferociously entertaining play, the American dysfunctional family drama comes roaring into the twenty-first century with eyes blazing, nostrils flaring and fangs bared, laced with corrosive humor so darkly delicious and ghastly that you’re squirming in your seat even as you’re doubled over laughing. A massive meditation on the cruel realities that often belie standard expectations of conjugal and family accord―not to mention on the decline of American integrity itself.” –David Rooney, Variety

“August will cement Letts’s place in theatrical history. He has written a Great American Play. How many of those will we get the chance to discover in our lifetime?” –Melissa Rose Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly

“Packed with unforgettable characters and dozens of quotable lines, August: Osage County is a tensely satisfying comedy, interspersed with remarkable evocations on the cruelties and (occasional) kindnesses of family life.” –Eric Gorde, New York Sun

About the Author

Tracy Letts was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for August: Osage County, which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2007 before playing Broadway, London's National Theatre, and a forty-week US tour. Other plays include Pulitzer Prize finalist Man from Nebraska; Killer Joe, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film; and Bug, which has played in New York, Chicago, and London and was adapted into a film. Letts is an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company and garnered a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Theatre Communications Group; Reprint edition (November 5, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1559364661
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1559364669
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
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Tracy Letts was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for August: Osage County, which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2007 and later played on Broadway, at London's National Theatre, and at theatres around the United States and internationally. In 2013, August: Osage County became a feature film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. Other writing credits include The Minutes, Linda Vista, Mary Page Marlowe, Man from Nebraska, Killer Joe, Bug and Superior Donuts. He has been an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 2002. As an actor, he was awarded a 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. His screen acting credits include a role on Homeland, the film The Lovers, as well as the Oscar-nominated film Lady Bird.

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Rapid reader
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm so grateful...
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2014
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I'm so grateful Tracy Letts wrote this play, else I would've had to live through the telling of it myslef. Ms. Letts knows and has exposed the brutal story of a completely self absorbed monster. A shocking description of a mother, nevertheless set me free of guilt and regret.
The movie left me grasping for breath in the ladies room stall while others laughed nervously and congradulated one another on escaping such a monster. The written play allowed a careful examination of the signs that were there all along. I know this story and I thank Ms Letts for freeing it from the shadows.
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kathy doyal
2.0 out of 5 stars Lacking luster
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2013
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Being just the screenplay where only the lines of the characters are read it seemed to lack the full embodiment of the characters and their stories. It was hard for me to imagine a 31/2 hr movie being made out if this small book. However I do think it will make an excellent movie and will go see it when it is released here.
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public
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent writing.
Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2022
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The play is extremely well written and worth every penny.
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing read
Reviewed in Brazil on June 17, 2016
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This play is incredible, funny and tragic at the same time. I highly recommend reading it and then watching the movie.
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