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Sight Unseen is a play by Donald Margulies. The play premiered at South Coast Repertory in 1991, and then was produced Off-Broadway in 1992 and on Broadway in 2004. Overview. Jonathan Waxman is a Brooklyn Jew who has become a very wealthy, critically acclaimed artist—his art works are bought "sight unseen."
Synopsis. Margulies' play is the story of Jonathan Waxman, a superstar artist, so popular that collectors will buy his work "sight unseen." In London for a major retrospective, Jonathan decides to call his former girlfriend, Patricia, who posed for him as a student and whose influence became a turning point in his early career.
Oct 13, 2021 · Sight unseen. by. Margulies, Donald. Publication date. 1992. Topics. Man-woman relationships -- Drama, Artists -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama, Man-woman relationships, Artists -- Social life and customs, Play Collection. Publisher. New York : Dramatists Play Service. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
Sight Unseen full plot summary including detailed synopsis and summaries for each scene.
Like his best known plays, Collected Stories and the Pulitzer Prize Winning Dinner With Friends, the twelve-year-old Sight Unseen is chockablock with funny and incisive dialogue, themes to churn post theater discussions, and characters whose vulnerabilities are revealed in interesting and subtly constructed scenes.
May 26, 2004 · Ben Brantley reviews revival of Donald Margulies play Sight Unseen, directed by Daniel Sullivan; Ben Shenkman, Laura Linney, Byron Jennings and Ana Reeder star; photos (M)
