Overview
"The marvel of Mr. Eno's new version is how closely it tracks the original while also being, at every moment and unmistakably, a Will Eno play. After climbing the craggy peaks of Ibsen's daunting play, Mr. Eno has brought down from its dizzying heights a surprising crowd-pleasing (if still strange) work." -- Charles Isherwood, New York Times "Gnit is classic Will Eno. By that I mean I was thrilled by it." -- Kris Vire, TimeOut Chicago "If ever a play made me want to be a better person, this is it." -- Bob Fischbach, Omaha World-Herald Peter Gnit, a funny enough, but so-so specimen of humanity, makes a lifetime of bad decisions on the search for his True Self. This is a rollicking yet cautionary tale about (among other things) how the opposite of love is laziness. Gnit is a faithful, unfaithful and willfully American misreading of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt (a nineteenth-century Norwegian play), written by Will Eno, who has never been to Norway. Will Eno's most recent plays include The Open House (Signature Theatre, New York, 2014; Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play) and The Realistic Joneses (Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, 2012; Broadway, 2014). His play Middletown received the Horton Foote Prize and Thom Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Eno lives Brooklyn.
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- ISBN-13: 9781559364775
- ISBN-10: 1559364777
- Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
- Publish Date: July 2014
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.22 pounds
- Page Count: 72
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