Mr Burns (Oberon Modern Plays)

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Review Washburn's play is pretty out there in many respects, but each scenario is beautifully realised, and it presents a compelling query: faced with uncertainty, would we salvage what's important for the human race? Or what comforts us? And is there really a difference? ... the bold vistas of Washburn's imagination are thrillingly provocative in themselves... its message is ultimately a comforting one: just like cockroaches and Twinkies, theatre and stories will survive the end of days, no matter how strangely. --Time Out'Anne Washburn's downright brilliant Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play has arrived to leave you dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas.' --The NY Times'The play is both scary and sweet, funny but dead serious, unique and wonderfully theatrical .' --TIME Magazine About the Author Anne Washburn's plays include Apparition, The Ladies, I Have Loved Strangers, The Communist Dracula Pageant and a slightly loose translation of Euripides' Orestes. Her plays have been produced in the US, and internationally. She is an associated artist with Obie award winning groups 13P, The Civilians and New Georges, and is a member of New Dramatists.