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- Questioning whether the death of a local businessman was an accident or a shockingly impenitent homicide weaves though Wilson's disquieting view of present-day Americana, but along the way he stealthily blasts the hypocrisy of small towns and smaller-minded people who hide their hate and intolerance behind masks of decency, religious fervor, and resolute daydream of right and wrong.
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May 23, 2019 · Book of Days was heralded as Wilson’s “comeback” play, his most significant production in two decades, or perhaps in his entire career. The play is set in the small town of Dublin, Missouri, a spiritual sister city to Lebanon, the setting of the Talley family plays.
Nov 4, 2019 · Book of Days. By Travis Michael Holder | Last Updated: November 04, 2019. Lanford Wilson has created yet another remarkable play, melding Our Town and Equus into a fascinating tale of a...
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Sep 29, 2005 · September 28, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. In "Book of Days," Lanford Wilson proves he is not much of a mystery writer, pounds out social commentary with the finesse of a sledgehammer-wielding...
The Story. A major theatrical event—a new play by Missouri’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson. When murder roars through a small Missouri town, Ruth Hoch begins her own quest to find truth and honesty amid small town jealousies, religion, greed and lies.
Jan 1, 2000 · Book of Days. Lanford Wilson. 3.81. 130 ratings16 reviews. When murder roars through a small Missouri town, Ruth Hoch begins her own quest to find truth and honesty amid small town jealousies, religion, greed and lies. This tornado of a play propels you through its events like a page-turning mystery. Genres PlaysTheatreDrama. 128 pages, Paperback.
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Feb 23, 2020 · The Colonial Player’s production of Lanford Wilson 's play BOOK OF DAYS, is a creative take on one of the playwright's lesser known works. The piece, which tells the story of the townsfolk...
Book of Days is set in a small town dominated by a cheese plant, a fundamentalist church, and a community theater. When the owner of the cheese plant dies mysteriously in a hunting accident, Ruth, his bookkeeper, suspects murder.
