[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: 3 Plays Kick Off 2007

[Donald Boozer]

Happy New Year! The first posting of 2007 from the Literature Departm=
ent at Cleveland Public Library offers three new plays.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main =
Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
. Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to res=
erve any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, c=
all 216-623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.
Stephen Adly Guirgis.
Faber and Faber, Inc., 2006.
(PS3607.U49 L37 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0571211011
(Link includes cover art and a summary)
"Set in a time-bending, seriocomically imagined world between Heaven =
and Hell, 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot' is a philosophical medita=
tion on the conflict between divine mercy and human free will that ta=
kes a close look at the eternal damnation of the Bible's most notorio=
us sinner." -- from the back cover


East Village Tetralogy: Four Plays
Arthur Nersesian.
Akashic Books, 2006.
(PS3564.E67 E25 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1888451858
(Link includes cover art and a summary)
"Nersesian's cult status has grown from the success of his novels, an=
d here for the first time his equal skills as a playwright are reveal=
ed to a hungry public. Three of the four plays in East Village Tetral=
ogy have been staged off-Broadway in New York City. The four plays in=
cluded in this volume are: 'Rent Control,' 'East Village Writer's Blo=
c,' 'Plea Bargains,' and 'Spare Change.'" -- from the back cover


The Dishwashers.
Morris Panych.
Talonbooks, 2005.
(PR9199.3.P325 D57 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0889225249
(Link includes cover art and a summary)
"Of all our contemporary urban myths none is more absurd than the fic=
tion of the "classless society," and Morris Panych's latest comedy pe=
netrates ruthlessly to the shock and horror of the residue of hardene=
d pesto soiling its porcelain heart." -- from the back cover.


Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET =
library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
s, Cleveland, Peninsula, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the =
link provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org