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Synopsis
In this soaring and deeply provacative tragicomedy of race, class, and manners, John Guare has created the msot important American play in years. Six Degrees of Separation is one of those rare works that capture both the supercharged pulse of our present era and the deepest and most mysterious movements of the human heart.Six Degrees of Separation won the 1990 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, as well as the Hull Warriner Award and the Obie.
Editorials
Variety
SIX DEGREES is the best American play of the past several seasons, and will do hot business wherever it goes.NY Times
Among the many remarkable aspects of Mr. Guare's writing is the seamlessness of his imagery, characters and themes, as if this play had erupted from his own imagination in one perfect piece.NY Magazine
...cunningly executed, seemingly seamlessly joined, interlarded with clever one-liners, alternating comic situations with mildly disturbing ones...SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION is a play about everything, with something in it for everyone...Book Details
Published
November 1, 1990
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages
136
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780679734819