Quills And Other Plays

Selected early works from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Throughout his work, Doug Wright has often combined the personal, the social, and the political, in the process unearthing fundamental truths about life and art while casting an unblinking eye on the dark--and darkly funny--side of human nature. Gathered here are three of Wright's early plays, includingInterrogating the Nude, a tongue-in-cheek reimagining of the uproar surrounding the debut of Marcel Duchamp's work in America;Watbanaland, a satiric dissection of yuppie desire and a haunting look at family and faith; and the Obie Award-winningQuills, which explores the boundaries of artistic expression and the dangers of censorship as they played out in the Marquis de Sade's final days at Charenton Asylum. Doug Wrightis the author ofI Am My Own Wife, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Throughout his work, Doug Wright has often combined the personal, the social, and the political, in the process unearthing fundamental truths about life and art while casting an unblinking eye on the dark side of human nature. Gathered here are three of Wright's early plays, includingInterrogating the Nude, a tongue-in-cheek reimagining of the uproar surrounding the debut of Marcel Duchamp's work in America;Watbanaland, a satiric dissection of yuppie desire and a haunting look at family and faith; and the Obie Award-winningQuills, which explores the boundaries of artistic expression and the dangers of censorship as they played out in the Marquis de Sade's final days at Charenton Asylum. "A brilliant, scathing indictment against any person or ideology who would curtail or bend freedom of expression, as well as an indictment against anyone putting a lid on primal instincts . . . Wright not only manages to set up a clearheaded debate about the rights and responsibilities of the artist, but simultaneously shows how easy it is for the 'liberators' to become the torturers."--Ed Siegel,The Boston Globe,onQuills "Cunningly structured and gorgeously written, with every phrase turned to a high gleaming polish . . . Superb."--Michael Feingold,The Village Voice,onQuills Table of Contents Introduction: Willful Misbehavior Interrogating the Nude Watabanaland Quills

Doug Wright is the author of I Am My Own Wife (Faber, 2004), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.