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A Fair Country

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The newest play by the author of Substance of Fire.
  • 01 November 1996
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A subtle and powerful exploration of the personal impact of politics on an American family stationed in South Africa during the time of apartheid.
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Price: $10.95
Pages: 112
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Theatre Communications Group
Publication Date: 01 November 1996
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.40 in
ISBN: 9781559361279
Format: Paperback
BISACs: DRAMA / Contemporary, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, DRAMA / American / General
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“One of the most gratifying, even inspirational, things about the American theatre today is the very existence of Jon Robin Baitz. With A Fair Country his writing continues to push our theatre out of the parlor and into the political.” – Linda Winer, Newsday


“Baitz is occupying theatrical territory that once was the turf of Arthur Miller and Lillian Hellman, though he writes in his own idiosyncratic voice… He has a gift for familial confrontations that are vicious, funny, brutal, and bizarre.” – Vincent Canby, New York Times (Broadway Production)


“Few American playwrights have the ability to write such pointed dialogue, and fewer yet are able to marry their domestic drama with the larger political and social issues that concern Baitz.” – Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune (Broadway Production)


“A sizzling new play.” – Howard Kissel, New York Daily News (Broadway Production)


“A Fair Country delivers a real jolt of provocative drama.” – Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune (Broadway Production)


“So moving and riveting in its acting that it gives Jon Robin Baitz's play an eminence among (albeit behind) such major American domestic tragedies as Death of a Salesman and Long Day's Journey into Night… This Steppenwolf version is absolutely magnificent.” – Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune (Steppenwolf Production)