Anna Ziegler: Plays One: Photograph 51; A Delicate Ship Boy; The Last Match

by Anna Ziegler

The first collection of plays from a major American playwright, Plays One Photograph 51, A Delicate Ship, Boy and The Last Match.Photograph 51: Does Rosalind Franklin know how precious her photograph is? In the race to unlock the secret of life it could be the one to hold the key. With rival scientists looking everywhere for the answer, who will be first to see it and more importantly, understand it? Anna Ziegler's extraordinary play looks at the woman who cracked DNA and asks what is sacrificed in the pursuit of science, love and a place in history.A Delicate A haunting love triangle triggers an unexpected chain of events in this poetic play. A humorous and heartbreaking look at love and memory. Inspired by a true story, Boy explores the complicated terrain of trying to find love in a new body, and the inextricable bonds between doctor and patient - creator and creation. Commissioned by the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Sloan Foundation.The Last The semifinals of the U.S. Open are underway. Sergei Sergeyev, an up-and-coming Russian phenom, and Tim Porter, a great American superstar in the twilight of his career, battle under the lights on center court. As the intense, back-and-forth action unfolds, Anna Ziegler take us inside the minds of these two extraordinary players to contemplate athleticism, masculinity and marriage. And by match point, much more has been won and lost than a game of tennis.

Genres: Plays

329 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 4, 2016

Reviews

[Road]

Life could be portrayed as a play. As a game. As a night. As a scene. Nothing more, nothing less. Could be overwhelmingly relentless and unbearably delicate. Beautiful, poetic and witty. Cruel and dramatic. Start with love all, and end as almost strangers. But we still need it, love it, have it, all over again.
Didn’t like the last one but the first three are so amazing.