The Designated Mourner

Wallace Shawn

Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75 · 8 ratings · 112 pages · Published: 01 Dec 1996
The Designated Mourner by Wallace Shawn
Woven out of three monologues in what one reviewer called "a triple sonata of oppression and incomprehension" ( The Sunday Times , London), Wallace Shawn's new play is a masterful drama about the self, politics, and the pursuit of aesthetic subtleties in brutal times. The three characters are the eponymous designated mourner, Jack; his wife, Judy; and Judy's erudite father, Howard. Despite a passionate bond with her father, Judy is drawn to Jack, whose taste in cultural forms follows a disturbing path. When Jack abandons both Judy and Howard, he continues his riveting societal free-fall into a world of gleeful savagery.

Other works by Wallace Shawn are A Thought in Three Parts , Our Late Night , Marie and Bruce , My Dinner With Andre (co-written with Andre Gregory), Aunt Dan and Lemon , and The Fever .
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