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Mr. Burns and Other Plays

by Anne Washburn

Plays on culture, change, and destruction

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Plays on culture, change, and destruction

This collection brings together four plays by Anne Washburn, with Mr. Burns as its anchor: an apocalyptic comedy that examines how familiar popular culture can shift into the mythology of a later generation. The other plays—The Small, I Have Loved Strangers, and 10 Out of 12—extend the collection’s stated concern with destruction across personal, urban, and civilizational scales, culminating in a question of theatrical form itself. Taken together, the pieces connect cultural memory and catastrophe with the changing possibilities of drama.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in contemporary American plays and theater.
  • For those drawn to works exploring popular culture, mythology, and cultural memory.
  • For readers interested in dramatic treatments of destruction at personal and societal scales.

Themes

Live theaterPopular culture and mythologyCultural memoryDestruction and changeTheatrical form

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Book overview

"When was the last time you met a new play that was so smart it made your head spin?...Mr. Burns has arrived to leave you dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas...with depths of feeling to match its breadth of imagination." --The New York Times



"One of the most spectacularly original plays in recent memory." --Entertainment Weekly



An ode to live theater and the resilience of The Simpsons, Anne Washburn's apocalyptic comedy Mr. Burns is an imaginative exploration of how the culture of one generation can evolve into the mythology of the next. Also included in the collection are The Small, I Have Loved Strangers, and 10 Out of 12, all of which, together, develop a theme of destruction, from the personal to the city to civilization and, finally, to the destruction of form.

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