A Fair Country

by Jon Robin Baitz Narrated by Judith Ivey, David Dukes, Full Cast

Overview

A well-meaning American diplomat in South Africa tries to pacify his ferociously combative wife and anti-apartheid activist son by being reassigned to The Hague. But peace is hard to come by and, at an elegant New Year's Eve party, a harrowing betrayal is revealed. Judith Ivey recreates her acclaimed performance from the Lincoln Center production in this masterful drama from the author of The Substance of Fire.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring starring Judith Ivey and David Dukes with Maddie Corman, Kurt Deutsch, George Gaynes, Chuma Hunter-Gault, Judith Ivey, Matt McGrath and Kurtwood Smith.

Editorial Reviews

NY Times

Mr. Baitz has moral ambition...and he knows that words maim as much as sticks and stones ever did...A FAIR COUNTRY is the best contemporary American play I have seen...for some time.

NY Daily News

A FAIR COUNTRY, Jon Robin Baitz' sizzling new play, describes a state of siege...[the play] is gripping...because Baitz is such a gifted writer...

NY Magazine

...if you have been hungering for sheer intelligent dialogue, you can satisfy your craving at Jon Robin Baitz' A FAIR COUNTRY.

From the Publisher

“One of the most gratifying, even inspirational, things about the American theatre today is the very existence of Jon Robin Baitz. With A Fair Country his writing continues to push our theatre out of the parlor and into the political.” – Linda Winer, Newsday

“Baitz is occupying theatrical territory that once was the turf of Arthur Miller and Lillian Hellman, though he writes in his own idiosyncratic voice… He has a gift for familial confrontations that are vicious, funny, brutal, and bizarre.” – Vincent Canby, New York Times (Broadway Production)

“Few American playwrights have the ability to write such pointed dialogue, and fewer yet are able to marry their domestic drama with the larger political and social issues that concern Baitz.” – Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune (Broadway Production)

“A sizzling new play.” – Howard Kissel, New York Daily News (Broadway Production)

“A Fair Country delivers a real jolt of provocative drama.” – Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune (Broadway Production)

“So moving and riveting in its acting that it gives Jon Robin Baitz's play an eminence among (albeit behind) such major American domestic tragedies as Death of a Salesman and Long Day's Journey into Night… This Steppenwolf version is absolutely magnificent.” – Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune (Steppenwolf Production)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170059980
Publisher:	L.A. Theatre Works
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Edition description:	Unabridged

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