5th of July
A Play
Published on 1. February 1979
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-374-52170-7 (ISBN)
Description
In Lanford Wilson's masterful play Fifth of July, part of the Talley Trilogy, a group of friends who came of age in the sixties have a reunion in an old Missouri farmhouse, where their reminiscences reveal shattered hopes, buried resentments, lost dreams, and the unhealed trauma of the Vietnam War.
"The characters are mostly flamboyant, their dialogue crackles with laugh-inducing lines and we find ourselves dazzled by Wilson's virtuoso writing." - Hollywood Reporter
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-374-52170-7 (9780374521707)
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Person
Lanford Wilson (1937-2011) was born in Lebanon, Missouri, and attended the University of Chicago. A founding member of the Circle Repertory Company in New York, he has seen many of his plays produced in theaters all over the United States and abroad. His work includes Angel's Fall, Burn This, Lemon Sky, and many more. He is the recipient of many awards, including a Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and two Obies.