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1) Landscape of the Body: A Play

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Death, desire, and tabloid sensationalism converge in "this delirious heartbreaker of a comedy" by the Tony Award-winning playwright (Ben Brantley, The New York Times). Along with Six Degrees of Separation and The House of Blue Leaves, Landscape of the Body is one of John Guare's most celebrated plays. It tells the story of a woman's unfulfilled life and premature death-and her reflections from the grave. Betty Yearn first came to New York City...

2) The House of Blue Leaves and Chaucer in Rome

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Guare, John

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In his new play, Chaucer in Rome, it is the year 2000, and Ron and his wife come to Rome to search for their son. And with his inimitable wit and understanding, Guare has written a scathingly funny satire on the warping hunger for fame, and the betrayal involved in creating art.

3) Six Degrees of Separation

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Guare, John

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After letting a young conman into their home, a rich New York couple is embarrassed when they discover his true identity. However, rather than instantly banishing the young man to the street, the couple find themselves intrigued by his manners and his charming deception.

4) The House of Blue Leaves

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Guare, John

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John Guare poignant Obie Award-winning comedy unfolds in New York City on the day the Pope is expected to visit. Hearts are palpitating in the sleepy borough of Queens, but not entirely on account of His Holiness. Bunny Flingus, a femme-fatale from Flushing (or thereabouts) is stirring things up in the quiet, unfulfilled life of aspiring songwriter Artie Shaughnessy. Artie longs to leave his unhappy marriage, elope with Bunny, and write a hit song...

5) Six degrees of separation

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MGM Home Entertainment

Pub. Date

2000

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1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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When Manhattan art dealers take a young man into their home believing him to be a friend of their children and Sidney Poitier's son, he leaves them with a lasting impression.

6) Atlantic City

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Widescreen DVD collection

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Paramount Pictures

Pub. Date

c2002

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1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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A smalltime, aging Mafia hood falls in love with a clam bar waitress, and they share the spoils of the big score against the backdrop of a changing Atlantic City.

7) Selected shorts: Volume XVIII,Lots of laughs!

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Selected shorts a celebration of the short story

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Symphony Space

Pub. Date

p2004

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3 CDs (ca. 3 hr.) : digital, Dolby stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

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John Guare

1) Landscape of the Body: A Play

2) The House of Blue Leaves and Chaucer in Rome

3) Six Degrees of Separation

4) The House of Blue Leaves

5) Six degrees of separation

6) Atlantic City

7) Selected shorts: Volume XVIII,Lots of laughs!