Synopsis
Neil LaBute - PLAYS ONE
Published by Faber & Faber
The six plays in the Collection are:
Filthy Talk for Troubled Time
One of LaBute's earliest plays. A downbeat night at a topless bar exposes the gulf between the twitchy clientele and the waitresses who serve but despise them
The Mercy Seat
This examines a couple who, on the day after a world-changing atrocity, toy with exploiting it to start a new life
Some Girl(s) follows a young writer's panicked retreat from his imminent wedding as he seeks out old girlfriends and opens new wounds
This Is How It Goes
The breakdown of a seemingly successful marriage is complicated by submerged bigotry
The collection also includes two short plays about relationships in crisis - A Second of Pleasure and Helter Skelter - which are in equal part tender and chilling
Together these plays form a complex and compelling portrait of the sexes
Sometimes warring, sometimes loving
But never fully at peace
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