Mr. Universe

And Other Plays

Fiction & Literature, Drama, American, Nonfiction, Entertainment
Cover of the book Mr. Universe by Jim Grimsley, Algonquin Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jim Grimsley ISBN: 9781565127807
Publisher: Algonquin Books Publication: January 6, 1998
Imprint: Algonquin Books Language: English
Author: Jim Grimsley
ISBN: 9781565127807
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication: January 6, 1998
Imprint: Algonquin Books
Language: English

George Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Playwright; Bryan Prize for Drama by the Fellowship of Southern Writers. In this collection, critically acclaimed novelist Jim Grimsley reveals his great gifts as a playwright in four powerful, award-winning plays presenting different worlds in collision and convergence. In "Mr. Universe," the rescue of a mute bodybuilder from the gritty streets of New Orleans by a couple of drag queens brings out the best and worst in them. In "The Lizard of Tarsus," an imprisoned Jesus (called J.) is interrogated by an ambitious follower, Paul of Tarsus. In "The Borderland," neighboring families representing two very different social classes are brought together during a storm. And in "Math and Aftermath," the two worlds of pornography and nuclear testing collide during a film shoot in the Marshall Islands. These plays (introduced by Romulus Linney, Reynolds Price, Kaye Gibbons, and Craig Lucas) demonstrate the differences that are matters of perception; together they establish Grimsley as a dramatist with imagination and nerve. A STAGE AND SCREEN BOOK CLUB selection.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

George Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Playwright; Bryan Prize for Drama by the Fellowship of Southern Writers. In this collection, critically acclaimed novelist Jim Grimsley reveals his great gifts as a playwright in four powerful, award-winning plays presenting different worlds in collision and convergence. In "Mr. Universe," the rescue of a mute bodybuilder from the gritty streets of New Orleans by a couple of drag queens brings out the best and worst in them. In "The Lizard of Tarsus," an imprisoned Jesus (called J.) is interrogated by an ambitious follower, Paul of Tarsus. In "The Borderland," neighboring families representing two very different social classes are brought together during a storm. And in "Math and Aftermath," the two worlds of pornography and nuclear testing collide during a film shoot in the Marshall Islands. These plays (introduced by Romulus Linney, Reynolds Price, Kaye Gibbons, and Craig Lucas) demonstrate the differences that are matters of perception; together they establish Grimsley as a dramatist with imagination and nerve. A STAGE AND SCREEN BOOK CLUB selection.

More books from Algonquin Books

Cover of the book A Crime in the Neighborhood by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book Amateurs, to Arms! by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book Island of the Lost by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book The Hinterlands by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book Guests on Earth by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book The Algonquin Reader by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book Kids These Days by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book Truth by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book Tasting the Past by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book Aftermirth by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book In My Father's Shadow by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book Fowl Weather by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book When It Was Our War by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names by Jim Grimsley
Cover of the book Dorothy on the Rocks by Jim Grimsley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy