{"product_id":"shipwrecked-the-amazing-adventures-of-louis-de-rougemont-as-told-by-himself-9781559363433","title":"Shipwrecked!: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as Told by Himself)","description":"\u003ci\u003eHush now  For I am about to tell you a story.\u003cbr\u003eA fantastic and amazing story \u003cbr\u003eA story all the more remarkable because every word of it is true. That's right. Every word.\u003cbr\u003eHow do I know?\u003cbr\u003eBecause I lived it, dear ones...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus begins \u003ci\u003eShipwrecked  An Entertainment--The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)\u003c\/i\u003e. Based on a Victorian hoaxer's tale of being a castaway in the South Pacific--complete with buried treasure, a giant killer octopus, and cannibals--Margulies revisits themes of authenticity and loss as he returns to what theater does best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deft literate narrative folded into a vaudevillian romp.\" -\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Re-creating the pleasures of nineteenth-centure platform entertainment with a tart contemporary twist, \u003ci\u003eShipwrecked \u003c\/i\u003e offers a self-promoting fabulist a forum to inform and persuade, and it delights in both respects...The emotional through line transforms a ripping good yarn into a touching character study.\" -\u003ci\u003eVariety \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intriguing step beyond Margulies's typically naturalistic work...Margulies's script is a tribute to the power of storytelling, in particular to the telling of tall tales we are asked to believe despite any wildly unlikely events.\" -\u003ci\u003eCincinnati City Beat\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This whirlwind escapade of the imagination takes the audience out of what they might expect from theater and into a new, uncharted realm of whimsy and adventure...Quirky and wondrous, \u003ci\u003eShipwrecked \u003c\/i\u003e is truly an odyssey of the imagination.\" -\u003ci\u003eMontgomery News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Margulies\u003c\/b\u003e received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for \u003ci\u003eDinner with Friends\u003c\/i\u003e. The play received numerous awards, including the American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, the Dramatists Guild\/Hull-Warriner Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama Desk nomination, and has been produced all over the United States and around the world. In addition to his adaptation of \u003ci\u003eGod of Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, his many plays include \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Country House, Sight Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Model Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Loman Family Picnic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat's Wrong with This Picture?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime Stands Still\u003c\/i\u003e. Mr. Margulies currently lives with his wife and their son in New Haven, Connecticut, where he teaches playwriting at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559363433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Donald Margulies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659783106716,"sku":"9781559363433","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b07f9874-18fb-46c2-a9fb-d92e4aa9679b.jpg?v=1603895466","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shipwrecked-the-amazing-adventures-of-louis-de-rougemont-as-told-by-himself-9781559363433","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}