Dirty Story (play)

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Dirty Story is a 2003 play by John Patrick Shanley. It allegorically presents the political relationship between Israel and Palestine as a sexual, sadomasochistic relationship between a man and a woman. This turbulent relationship is refereed by a gun toting, cigarette selling American cowboy and his snide British side-kick.

It premiered in 2003, [1] [2] [3] and was revived in 2012. [4] [5] It was published in 2008. [6]

Reception

A review in The New York Times called it "appallingly entertaining". [1] Another review in The New York Times wrote that "The play's strength lies in Mr. Shanley's keen ear for each side's stereotypes, both of itself and of the other." [2]

A review on TheaterMania wrote that "By play's end, the dialogue has devolved into baldly polemical statements; each actor is nothing more than a mouthpiece for a political position, and there is no sense of character remaining. This may have been the playwright's intention, but it's a losing strategy." [3]

A negative review on Crosscut.com wrote "In the end, though, it’s hard to know what the point of Dirty Story is." [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Brantley, Ben (March 5, 2003). "THEATER REVIEW; Bedfellows Tangled On a Field Of Battle". The New York Times . Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Haberman, Clyde (March 30, 2003). "THEATER; Can New York's Plays Get The Middle East?". The New York Times . Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Bacalzo, Dan (March 5, 2003). "Dirty Story". www.theatermania.com. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ Gallaher, Rachel (July 17, 2012). "Shawn Law Dominates in 'Dirty Story'". City Arts Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Kaderlan, Alice (July 15, 2012). "Intiman's 'Dirty Story' is more allegory than drama | Crosscut". crosscut.com. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ Shanley, John Patrick (2007). Dirty story and other plays (1st ed.). New York: Theatre Communications Group. ISBN   9781559362825.
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