A.R. Gurney

A.R. Gurney
Author: Arvid F. Sponberg
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2004
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 9780415929981

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Love Letters and Two Other Plays

Love Letters and Two Other Plays
Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Plume
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1990-09
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Love Letters traces the lifelong correspondence of the staid, dutiful lawyer Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and the lively, unstable artist Melissa Gardner. The story of their bittersweet relationship gradually unfolds from what is written--and what is left unsaid--in their letters. Two other thematically related plays by Gurney, The Golden Age and What I Did Last Summer, are also included.

Sylvia

Sylvia
Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1996
Genre: American drama
ISBN: 9780822214960

A romantic comedy on midlife relationships and a pet dog.

The Problem

The Problem
Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1968
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573624186

A husband and wife are caught in a complicated and perverse spiral of sexual fantasies that enable them to keep their marriage alive.

The Cocktail Hour

The Cocktail Hour
Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1989
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822202257

THE STORY: The time is the mid '70s, the place a city in upstate New York. John, a playwright, returns to his family's house, bringing with him a new play which he has written about them. His purpose is to obtain their permission to proceed with pr

Later Life

Later Life
Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1994
Genre: American drama
ISBN: 9780822213734

THE STORY: Austin has spent his entire life convinced that something terrible is bound to happen to him. One night, at a party, overlooking Boston harbor, he has the pleasure of rekindling a romance begun almost thirty years ago with Ruth. Now a mu

What I Did Last Summer

What I Did Last Summer
Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1983
Genre: American drama
ISBN: 9780822212362

THE STORY: The setting is a well-to-do vacation colony on the shores of Lake Erie, the time 1945, during the final stages of World War II. Charlie, an incipiently rebellious fourteen-year-old, is summering with his mother and sister (his father is

Love & Money

Love & Money
Author: A.R. Gurney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0822234408

Determined to donate almost everything she owns before her life of grace and privilege ends, wealthy widow Cornelia Cunningham’s plan hits a snag when an ambitious and ingratiating young man arrives to claim his alleged inheritance. Renowned playwright A.R. Gurney paints an incisive and hysterical portrait of the trials of class, family, legacy, race, and the power of a good story.

The Old Boy

The Old Boy
Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1992
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822208402

THE STORY: Sam, a successful politician and diplomat, is invited to speak at the dedication of a new building named for his old school friend, Perry, and paid for by Perry's wealthy mother. The knowledge that Perry died of AIDS galvanizes Sam as me

Family Furniture

Family Furniture
Author: A.R. Gurney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2014-03-17
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0822231107

Amid the gin and tonics, vichyssoise, and tennis doubles of Buffalo's summer scene, siblings Nick and Peggy must confront their mother's possible infidelity, their father's apparent indifference, and their own increasingly complicated love lives. Family Furniture is a coming-of-age-tale of one certain summer when everything shifts.