Three Nights In Tehran by John Strand
A comedy about the Iran-Contra affair. Heroic . Sharp . Wonderfully nuts . The antic lunacy of a Busby Berkeley routine . Strand's Ollie North is not just the butt of the play but its suffering hero. He's like a lawbreaker out of Ibsen, maybe a little crazy but with a genuine, shining integrity. -The Washington Post John Strand's THRE NIGHTS IN TEHRAN is a furiously comic take on the Iran-Contra affair . Inherently theatrical . A farce exploring the outer limits of American diplomatic folly . Strand's stage version of North consciously echoes elements of Othello's overzealous passion, the hubris of Plautus's braggart soldiers and a mania for damage control reminiscent of Moliere's inadvertent clowns like Harpagon and Orgon . THRE NIGHTS IN TEHRAN excels at presenting the havoc wreaked on linguistic means by ideological ends. -American Theater Magazine
Strand, John: - John Strand is an American playwright, journalist, drama critic, and author. Regional works include The Originalist, Our War, Tom Walker, The Miser, Three Nights in Tehran, Charity Royal, and his Charles MacArthur Award-winning Lovers and Executioners (Arena Stage), An Italian Straw Hat (South Coast Repertory), Lorenzaccio (Lansburgh Theatre), Lincolnesque (Burstein Family Stage), Highest Yellow, The Diaries, and Otabenga (Signature Theatre), and The Cockburn Rituals (Woolly Mammoth Theatre).
Strand has received multiple play writing commissions from South Coast Repertory, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre, and Signature Theatre. He was also named Playwright of the Year by Broadway Play Publishing.
Strand is also the author of the novel, Commieland, a novel about a popular but aging theme park in rural Pennsylvania that re-creates Communism for Americans through thrice daily performed musical-historical revues.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780881454314 |
| ISBN 10 | 0881454311 |
| Title | Three Nights In Tehran |
| Author | John Strand |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Broadway Play Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 102 |
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