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Warsaw Visitor, Tales from the Vienna Streets: The Last Two Plays of William Saroyan
Warsaw Visitor Tales from the Vienna Streets The Last Two Plays of William Saroyan Author:William Saroyan Late in life Saroyan wrote: ?In 1943 I turned my back on Broadway, but I did not stop writing plays? I wrote new plays every year? and they are part of the real American theatre, and of the real world theatre, even though they have not been produced, performed, and witnessed.? — — In fact, William Saroyan left some 150 unpublished plays, two of ... more »which are offered here. Typically Saroyan in their graceful, acrobatic use of language, these plays have a breadth, a universality, and a somber outlook rarely seen in his works. Warsaw Visitor is a retelling of the Faust legend with Saroyan himself as Faust. Tales from the Vienna Streets finds Saroyan making a rare excursion into the sociopolitical arena. Both plays merit performance and critique.« less