Background
Shawn, Wallace was born on November 12, 1943 in New York City. Son of William and Cecille (Lyon) Shawn.
(A play about marriage, lust, adultery, corruption and dec...)
A play about marriage, lust, adultery, corruption and deceit - all aided by the Mandrake Infusion. It is Machiavelli's greatest sex farce, and a landmark of the Italian Renaissance. This adaptation opened at the Jack Studio Theatre in London on 28 May 2013. "I'm not sure what liberties were applied in bringing a hit from the 1520s to the 21st century stage, but Mandrake had a timeless yet timely vibe about it - like a smart Shakespearean production. It was fresh and contemporary brimming with universal and relevant themes and a humour that's stood the test of time." Chris Osburn Tikichris.com. "Howard Colyer's latest twist on a classic is a wonderfully watchable romp that packs a political punch to go with its comic cuts." Gary Naylor Broadwayworld.com
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( "My Dinner with Andre" is a passionate, volatile, and h...)
"My Dinner with Andre" is a passionate, volatile, and humorous encounter between two friends who have not seen each other for a long time, and decide to catch up on each others' lives over dinner. Andre Gregory is an intense, highly experimental theater director and playwright in search of life's meanings and spiritual revelations. His friend, Wally Shawn, is an actor and playwright living in New York who is more preoccupied with the search for his next meal. As Andre recounts his global journeys involving esoteric theatrical experiments and mystical adventures, Wally listens with more than skepticism, as his attitudes shift among wonder, puzzlement, admiration, and anger. What finally emerges is a sensitive portrait of a friendship that survives and transcends contransting assumptions about love, death, art, and man's continuing quest for self-fulfillment.
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( Aunt Dan & Lemon takes us into the world of a young rec...)
Aunt Dan & Lemon takes us into the world of a young recluse named Lemon (alias Leonora) who spends her nights reading chronicles of Nazi atrocities. Lemon tells the audience about the overwhelming influence in her life of her parents' friend "Aunt Dan," an eccentric, passionate professor whose stories and seductive opinions enthrall Lemon from the time she is a young girl. The relationship that develops between Lemon and Aunt Dan and the conversations that went on in a small house on the bottom of an English garden form the focus of this play about political orientation and the allure of certain ideas-even if they lead to murder. A forceful play exposing the banality of society's evil, Aunt Dan & Lemon explores the ease with which good and bad become reconciled in the human mind.
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(Award-winning playwright and actor Wallace Shawn offers f...)
Award-winning playwright and actor Wallace Shawn offers four plays with themes that include sexual convention, historical guilt, and the conflict between high and low culture, all described with remarkable and attentive language. Shawn's plays are prizes for any reader ready to be challenged with new, unflinching (and maybe even dangerous) ways of looking at the world.
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( “Our Late Night is a short play, but a savage one...Neu...)
“Our Late Night is a short play, but a savage one...Neurosis, panic and sexual surreality underlie Shawn’s startling vision of New Yorkers at play.”—Guardian Wallace Shawn’s OBIE Award-winning, never before published Our Late Night premiered in New York in 1975 under direction of André Gregory, and was revived in London in 1999 under direction of Caryl Churchill. A Thought in Three Parts—currently out of print—created an uproar with its 1977 London premiere, investigated by the vice squad for its allegedly pornographic content. Wallace Shawn is a noted actor and writer. His politically charged and controversial plays include Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Designated Mourner, and The Fever.
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( When Marie decides to leave Bruce, she delivers herself...)
When Marie decides to leave Bruce, she delivers herself of a torrent of ferocious humor and foul-mouthed vituperation concerning him and their marriage, not to mention love, hate, caring, commitment, and all the other current clichés about relationships. As he follows Marie and Bruce through breakfast, a friend’s party, and dinner, Wallace Shawn brilliantly orchestrates her savage attacks and his slyly passive defenses into a symphony of subversive propositions about the nature of the marital state.
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Shawn, Wallace was born on November 12, 1943 in New York City. Son of William and Cecille (Lyon) Shawn.
Bachelor., Harvard University, 1965; Bachelor, University of Oxford, England, 1968; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, England, 1975.
Instructor English, Indore Christian College, Madhya Pradesh, India, 1965-1966; teacher English, Latin, drama, Church of Heavenly Rest Day School, New York City, 1968-1970; shipping clerk, Laurie Love Ltd., New York City, 1974-1975; machine operator, Hamilton Copy Center, New York City, 1975-1976.
( When Marie decides to leave Bruce, she delivers herself...)
(Award-winning playwright and actor Wallace Shawn offers f...)
( "My Dinner with Andre" is a passionate, volatile, and h...)
( Aunt Dan & Lemon takes us into the world of a young rec...)
(A play about marriage, lust, adultery, corruption and dec...)
( “Our Late Night is a short play, but a savage one...Neu...)
(1st Grove Press Ed)
Member of American Academy Arts and Letters.
Son of William and Cecille (Lyon) S. Married Twink Caplan.