Killer Joe /

Killer Joe /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Letts, Tracy, 1965- author.
Edition:	First edition
Imprint:	London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 82 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Dysfunctional families -- Drama. Family secrets -- Drama. Drama.
Format:	E-Resource
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13445591

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ISBN:	9781559364515 9781636700687
Digital file characteristics:	text file HTML
Notes:	"TCG collection".
Summary:	"Now a major motion picture by the Academy Award-winning director of The Exorcist"-- ""One of our most valuable playwrights."-Time Out New York"A hideously funny tabloid noir. Letts' balance of irony and empathy continues to impress."-LA WeeklyA definitively dysfunctional family gives in to its basest instincts and is forced to face hidden truths in this twisted modern-day fairy tale by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County. Performed in fifteen countries and twelve languages since its 1998 stage debut, Killer Joe is "a terrifically tasty potboiler. It has the enjoyable hairpin turns of the standard mystery thriller, but it's the skewed shifting relationships that keep you hooked" (The New York Times). Now a critically acclaimed film adapted by the playwright and starring Matthew McConaughey.Tracy Letts is the author of the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play August: Osage County (soon to be a feature film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts). His other plays include Bug, Superior Donuts, and Man from Nebraska, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago as playwright and actor. "--
Standard no.:	10.5040/9781636700687.00000008

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Summary:	The Smith family hatch a plan to murder their estranged matriarch for her insurance money. They hire Killer Joe Cooper, a police detective and part-time contract killer, to do the job. But once he enters their trailer, their simple plan spirals out of control. Tracy Letts's shocking and unforgettable first play, originally staged in 1993 in a cramped theatre in Evanston, Illinois, quickly became a must-see and ran for eight months before later runs in Edinburgh, New York and London, including four months in the West End. Killer Joe has been performed in fifteen countries in twelve languages, and became an acclaimed feature film directed by William Friedkin and starring Matthew McConaughey in 2011.
Item Description:	"TCG collection".
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 82 pages)
ISBN:	9781559364515 9781636700687