{"product_id":"all-in-the-timing-fourteen-plays","title":"All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays","description":"The world according to David Ives is a very add place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called \"Philadelphias,\" where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet. And a con man peddles courses in a dubious language in which \"hello\" translates as \"velcro\" and \"fraud\" comes out as \"freud.\"\n\nAt once enchanting and perplexing, incisively intelligent and side-splittingly funny, this original paperback edition of Ives's plays includes \"Sure Thing,\" \"Words, Words, Words,\" \"The Universal Language,\" \"Variations on the Death of Trotsky,\" \"The Philadelphia,\" \"Long Ago and Far Away,\" \"Foreplay, or The Art of the Fugue,\" \"Seven Menus,\" \"Mere Mortals,\" \"English Made Simple,\" \"A Singular Kinda Guy,\" \"Speed-the-Play,\" \"Ancient History,\" and \"Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 067975928X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UF1U001HMN_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ives, David\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43399211155517,"sku":"31UF1U001HMN_ns","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/067975928X-0.jpg?v=1785016682","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/all-in-the-timing-fourteen-plays","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}