{"product_id":"sherman-plays-2-onassis-passing-by-the-miser-paperback","title":"Sherman Plays: 2: Onassis; Passing By; The Miser - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnassis \u003c\/i\u003eportrays the last years of the life of the wealthy shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who, after a notorious affair with Maria Callas, married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of US President John F. Kennedy, in 1968.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePassing By\u003c\/i\u003e, first performed in New York in 1975, is both a brave and a charming romantic comedy about a love between two men whose hearts pull them together as their lives pull them apart. \"One of the most radical plays ever written. Quirky, funny, touching, romantic and revolutionary. It overturned my life. Perhaps it will do the same for others.+? Simon Callow \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Miser \u003c\/i\u003eis Moliere's satirical masterpiece about obsession and status endures. Fast, funny and full of energy, this sparkling new version by Martin Sherman is as pertinent today as it was when first written and performed by Moliere in the seventeenth century. Sherman's adaptation received its world premiere at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, on 11 April 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e's early plays include \u003ci\u003ePassing By\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCracks \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRio Grande\u003c\/i\u003e, all originally presented by Playwrights Horizons in New York. \u003ci\u003eBent \u003c\/i\u003epremiered at the Royal Court in 1979, transferred to the Criterion Theatre and was then presented on Broadway, where it received a Tony nomination for Best Play and won the Dramatist Guild's Hull-Warriner Award. It has been voted one of the NT2000 One Hundred Plays of the Century. His next plays were \u003ci\u003eMessiah \u003c\/i\u003e(1983), \u003ci\u003eWhen She Danced\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eA Madhouse in Goa\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eSome Sunny Day\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and \u003ci\u003eRose \u003c\/i\u003e(1999). \u003ci\u003eRose \u003c\/i\u003ereceived an Olivier nomination for Best Play and transferred to Broadway the following season. Sherman has written an adaptation of E. M. Forster's \u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e for Shared Experience (2002) and a new version of a Luigi Pirandello play, \u003ci\u003eAbsolutely! (Perhaps)\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). \u003ci\u003eSherman Plays: 1 \u003c\/i\u003ewas published by Methuen Drama in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52721936662835,"sku":"9781472522269","price":48.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/BCvyuIEX7b9781472522269.webp?v=1763639779","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/sherman-plays-2-onassis-passing-by-the-miser-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}