The Shape of Things

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Shape of Things
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Neil LaBute
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 125
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780571212460
ClassificationsDewey:812.54
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 8 July 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A drama that peels back the skin of two modern-day relationships.

Author Biography

Neil LaBute was born in 1963 in Detroit, Michigan. He is the writer/director of the films In the Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors, and author of the stage-plays Bash, The Shape of Things (which he also adapted for the screen) and, most recently, The Mercy Seat. He has also directed the feature films Nurse Betty and Possession, the latter adapted from the novel by A. S. Byatt.

Reviews

"LaBute meticulously plans that the shocking, climatic revelations should cast dark light upon his apparently average people." --Nicholas de Jongh, The Standard "LaBute's great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying." --John Lahr, The New Yorker "A piece whose intricate layers of treachery are worthy of David Mamet." --Paul Taylor, The Independent