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Marie and Bruce

a play

by Wallace Shawn

DramaMan-woman relationshipsMarriageAmerican literatureAmerican drama (dramatic works by one author)American drama

When Marie decides to leave Bruce, she delivers herself of a torrent of ferocious humor and foul-mouthed vituperation concerning him and their marriage, not to mention love, hate, caring, commitment, and all the other current cliches about relationships. Following Marie and Bruce through breakfast, a friend's party, and dinner, the playwright orchestrates her savage attacks and his slyly passive defenses into a symphony of subversive propositions about the nature of the marital state.

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Book data: Open Library