{"product_id":"9781350187542","title":"The 24 Hour Plays Viral Monologues : New Monologues Created During the Coronavirus Pandemic","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe 24 Hour Plays Viral Monologues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): The 24 Hour Plays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 1995 \u003ci\u003eThe 24 Hour Plays\u003c\/i\u003e have been responding to theatre in the moment. As the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic brought an end to live theatre in the USA and Europe, the company sprang to work to keep the arts alive. Bringing together some of America's most prolific writers for the stage and screen, this unique and contemporary book of monologues collates the responses in dramatic fashion, making for an anthology of work that is timely, moving, irreverent and at its best, transcendent.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing original monologues by writers such as David Lindsay-Abaire, Clare Barron, Hansol Jung, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Christoper Oscar Peña, Jesse Eisenberg and Monique Moses this is a rich collection that can be enjoyed by actors, writers and those looking for creative responses to the global COVID-19 crisis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith over 50 monologues from the first three weeks of the project, edited by Howard Sherman, this is an important collection that documents an unprecedented moment in history whilst also offering practical resource for actors and performers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Funny, scary and necessary, this series of taped soliloquies contemplate the way we live now, in isolation ... They have been a consoling reminder of all the rich and varied voices in theater out there, just waiting for the chance to take the stage again. In the meantime, we have this banquet of glimpses into other lives of isolation, to take some of the chill off our own captivity.” —\u003ci\u003eBen Brantley, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“They are funny and heartbreaking and silly, and the best are transcendent.” —\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It's good to see playwrights bringing new characters into the world to respond, in the moment, to the same things that we're responding to. Free from motive, free of the harness of plot, they flicker briefly alive to share these strange times with us and then disappear, but not without leaving a mysterious, human trace.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Get yourself some art” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This spontaneous stunt is a great testament to how creativity can thrive in challenging times” —\u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“When theater is put on camera, the camera's eye controls our gaze. As the 24 Hour Plays' 'Viral Monologues' have proved, that can work splendidly – when the theater is made with the camera in mind.” —\u003ci\u003eLaura Collins-Hughes, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350187542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40819116474574,"sku":"9781350187542","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d505e476-f7fa-4fa3-9e5e-5a2edb95e450.jpg?v=1642924539","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350187542","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}