{"product_id":"shipment-and-lear-two-plays-book-young-jean-lee-9781559363563","title":"The Shipment and Lear: two plays","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"Lee's way of subverting expectations leaves us questioning our own latent assumptions and desires about theatre, race, death and entertainment. She understands and exploits the unique strengths of her medium: the ability to viscerally connect with an audience.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Experimental Korean American theatre artist Young Jean Lee has been called \"one of the best experimental playwrights in America\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e). This volume contains two of her recent works:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Shipment\u003c\/i\u003e, Lee provides a provocative look at African-American identity in our not-yet post-racial society. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e calls this take on cultural images of black America \"a subversive, seriously funny new theater piece... Ms. Lee wields sharp, offbeat humor to point up the clichés, distortions and absurdities\" (Charles Isherwood, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLEAR\u003c\/i\u003e is Lee's own version of Shakespeare's tragedy, focusing on the king's three daughters. A production in which Lear himself never appears, \u003ci\u003eLEAR\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"wacky blend of 'To be or not to be,' Beckett, and Pirandello...full of exhilarating, illuminating moments\" (\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eYoung Jean Lee\u003c\/b\u003e has written and directed shows in New York with Young Jean Lee's Theater Company and toured her work to over twenty cities around the world. Her plays include \u003ci\u003eStraight White Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe're Gonna Die\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUntitled Feminist Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shipment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSongs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e. Awards include two Obies, the Festival Prize of the Zuercher Theater Spektakel, a Prize in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Doris Duke Artist Award.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49533339533585,"sku":"GOR011502595","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49700719395089,"sku":"CIN1559363568G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50125407125777,"sku":"CIN1559363568VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51037367730449,"sku":"NIN9781559363563","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1559363568.jpg?v=1778839029","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/shipment-and-lear-two-plays-book-young-jean-lee-9781559363563","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}