Art: A Play

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The Tony Award-winning play that focuses on the meaning of art (in the form of a solid white painting) as well as the meaning of friendship, to both the man who bought the painting and the two friends who come to see it. Yasmina Reza began work as an actress, appearing in several new plays as well as in plays by Molière and Marivaux. Starting in 1987, she began a successful career writing her own plays. Conversations after a Burial, won the Molière Award for Best Author. She translated Kafka's Metamorphosis for Roman Polanski and was nominated for a Molière Award for Best Translation. Winter Crossing won the 1990 Molière for Best Fringe Production, and The Unexpected Man enjoyed successful productions in England, France, Scandinavia, Germany and New York. In 1995, Art premiered in Paris and went on to win the Molière Award for Best Author. Since then it has been produced world-wide and translated into 20 languages. The London production received the 1996-97 Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award. PaperbackPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublication date: March 6, 1997Language: EnglishPrint length: 80 pagesDimensions: 5" x 7.75" x .25" ISBN: 9780571190140 Show more