The boys from Siam
Announcing the 2007 winner of the Yale Drama Series <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">€ <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">John Connolly8217;s The Boys from Siam has been chosen as the first winner of the Yale Drama Series. This play was selected by playwright and contest judge Edward Albee, winner of the Pulitzer prize. Based loosely on the lives of nineteenth-century brothers Chang and Eng Bunker (the source of the term 8220;Siamese twins8221;), The Boys from Siam€ is the haunting and lyrical story …
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- Full title :The boys from Siam / John Austin Connolly ; foreword by Edward Albee.
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Announcing the 2007 winner of the Yale Drama Series <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">€ <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">John Connolly8217;s The Boys from Siam has been chosen as the first winner of the Yale Drama Series. This play was selected by playwright and contest judge Edward Albee, winner of the Pulitzer prize. Based loosely on the lives of nineteenth-century brothers Chang and Eng Bunker (the source of the term 8220;Siamese twins8221;), The Boys from Siam€ is the haunting and lyrical story of conjoined twins Pigg and Pegg. In his foreword, Edward Albee writes that the work is 8220;a beautifully realized concentrated universe. It takes big chances along the way ... and makes us care8212;really care.8221; <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">€ <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">For more information and complete rules for the Yale Drama Series, visit yalebooks.com.
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- Publication Date:©2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxii, 119 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780300150346, 0300150342, 1282437585, 9781282437586
- oclc:ocn587509820
- LC Classification:PR6103.O555
- Dewey Decimal:822/.92
Table of Contents
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword: Judgment Day -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Boys from Siam -- Cast of Characters -- Scene One -- Scene Two -- Scene Three -- Scene Four -- Scene Five -- Scene Six -- Scene Seven -- Scene Eight -- Scene Nine -- Scene Ten -- Scene Eleven -- Scene Twelve.
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