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The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
User Rating: 3.6 (1 votes)Author(s):
Charles Busch
An award-winning hit at the Manhattan Theatre Club and on
Broadway, The Tale ofthe Allergist's Wife is a radical departure for the well-known author of extravagant spoofs like Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and Psycho Beach
Party. Marjorie Taub, the wife of a philanthropic allergist, is engulfed in a life crisis of Medea-like proportions. Her children are grown, her beloved therapist died recently and her bowel-obsessed mother incessantly needles her. She tries to lose herself in a world of art galleries, foreign films and avant-guard theatre, but finds
she is barely able to rouse herself from her sofa. Her spirits suddenly soar when a fascinating and incredibly worldly friend from her childhood appears on her door
step. Lee the savior that infuses Marjorie with life becomes Lee the unwelcome and sinister guest in short order. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award
and nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. "A window-rattling comedy of mid-life malaise. . . . Mr. Busch has swum straight into the mainstream. . . . The Allergist's Wife eams its wall-to-wall laughs."-N. Y. Times. "Charles Busch comes of age as a comic playwright of die first rank."-N. Y. Daily News. "An intelligently funny and satirically relevant uptown comedy."-N.Y. Magazine.
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| Genre(s): | Comedy
| | Time Period(s): | Post-Modern 1990 - present
| | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Simple | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 5 | | Male Characters: | 2 | | Female Characters: | 3 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | $6.00 (Royalty $60-$40)
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Samuel French
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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