On the heels of the success of Edward Albee's The Collected Plays of Edward Albee , Overlook brings back--in a stand-alone volume--one of Albee's most cherished plays, a fantastic story of what it means to be alive--winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. On a deserted stretch of beach, a middle-aged couple relaxes after a picnic lunch and converse idly about home, family, and their life together. She sketches; he naps. Then, suddenly, they are joined by two sea creatures, a pair of lizards from the depths of the ocean, with whom they engage in a fascinating dialogue. The emotional and intellectual reverberations of this bizarre conversation will linger in the heart and the mind long after the curtain falls--or the last page is turned.

United States, United States of America

Acting Edition, PS, 1998

Not Stated, 1998

New York, ©2003

New York, c1975

1975-01-01

<p>On a deserted stretch of beach a middle-aged couple, relaxing after a picnic lunch, talk idly about home, family and their life together. She sketches, he naps, and then, suddenly, they are joined by two sea creatures lizards who have decided to leave the ocean depths and come ashore. Initial fear, and then suspicion of each other, are soon replaced by curiosity and, before long, the humans and the lizards (who speak admirable English) are engaged in a fascinating dialogue. The lizards, who are at a very advanced stage of evolution, are contemplating the terrifying, yet exciting, possibility of embarking on life out of the water; and the couple, for whom existence has grown flat and routine, holds the answers to their most urgent questions. These answers are given with warmth, humor and poetic eloquence, and with emotional and intellectual reverberations that will linger in the heart and mind long after the play has ended.</p><h3>NY Newsday</h3><p>Not only does this brilliantly original play stimulate you, it also entertains you.</p>

Presents the script of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama in which a middle-aged couple, spending a relaxing day at the beach, are joined by two English-speaking lizards who are contemplating giving up their lives in the ocean and embarking on a land-based existence

Play is a literate and eloquent rumination on evolution and the meaning of life

2024-08-26