{"product_id":"prodigal-son-tcg-edition-9781559365260","title":"Prodigal Son (Tcg Edition)","description":"\"A keen, passionate portrait of the author as a poetry-spouting romantic punk torn between literary dreams and his roots in the Bronx... \u003ci\u003eProdigal Son\u003c\/i\u003e is pure, splendid Shanley: shaggily idealistic and always scratching a philosophical itch underneath jokes and banter.\" -- Davide Cote, \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Shanley chooses characters stretched to the breaking point between rage and love... His are characters of obsessive passions who match those passions with hyper-melodic language.\" --\u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a troubled but gifted boy from the South Bronx arrives at a private school in New Hampshire, two faculty members wrestle with how to help him adjust to his new environment. The boy is violent, brilliant, alienated, and on fire with a ferocious loneliness. As with his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, \u003ci\u003eDoubt\u003c\/i\u003e, John Patrick Shanley has drawn on his personal experiences to create an explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of either salvation or destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Patrick Shanley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDoubt, a parable\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play), \u003ci\u003eOutside Mullingar\u003c\/i\u003e (Tony nomination for Best Play), \u003ci\u003eDefiance, Storefront Church, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDirty Story\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other plays. He wrote the teleplay for \u003ci\u003eLive from Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e (Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing of a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special) and the screenplays for \u003ci\u003eCongo, Alive, Five Corners, Joe Versus the Volcano, Doubt, a parable\u003c\/i\u003e (Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay) and \u003ci\u003eMoonstruck\u003c\/i\u003e (Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Patrick Shanley\u003c\/b\u003e is from the Bronx. His plays include \u003ci\u003eDanny and the Deep Blue Sea, Savage in Limbo, the dreamer examines his pillow, Four Dogs and a Bone, Beggars in the House of Plenty and Dirty Story\u003c\/i\u003e. His trilogy \u003ci\u003eChurch and State\u003c\/i\u003e began with \u003ci\u003eDoubt\u003c\/i\u003e, and continued with \u003ci\u003eDefiance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStorefront Church\u003c\/i\u003e. For his play \u003ci\u003eDoubt\u003c\/i\u003e, Mr. Shanley received both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In the arena of film, he has nine films to his credit, most recently \u003ci\u003eDoubt\u003c\/i\u003e with Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis. \u003ci\u003eDoubt\u003c\/i\u003e, which he also directed, was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay. Other films include \u003ci\u003eFive Corners\u003c\/i\u003e (Special Jury Prize, Barcelona Film Festival), \u003ci\u003eAlive, Joe Versus The Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e (which he also directed) and \u003ci\u003e\"Live From Baghdad\"\u003c\/i\u003e for HBO (Emmy nomination). For his script of \u003ci\u003eMoonstruck\u003c\/i\u003e, he received both the Writers Guild Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The Writers Guild of America awarded Mr. Shanley the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50621047505170,"sku":"9781559365260","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0292a757-785e-4e61-bb36-43b54a20c504.jpg?v=1732579708","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prodigal-son-tcg-edition-9781559365260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}