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SweatLynn Nottage
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Sweat

128 pagesFirst published 20174 editions
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"Winner of the 2016 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize "From first moments to last, this compassionate but clear-eyed play throbs with heartfelt life, with characters as complicated as any you'll encounter at the theater today, and with a nifty ticking time bomb of a plot. That the people onstage are middle-class or lower-middle-class folks - too rarely given ample time on American stages - makes the play all the more vital a contribution to contemporary drama. If I had pompoms, I'd be waving them now."--Charles Isherwood, The New York Times No stranger to dramas both heartfelt and heart-rending,…

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Editions

4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Dramatist's Play Service · 97 pages · 9780822237648
  • Hardcover · English · 2017
    Theatre Communications Group · 144 pages · 9781559365710
  • Other · English · 2018
    Hern Books, Limited, Nick · 9781848428188
  • Other · English · 2017
    Theatre Communications Group · 112 pages · 9781559365321
DramaInterpersonal relationsGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009City and town lifeAmerican literature