A Cheever Evening: A new play based on stories of John Cheever

by A.R. Gurney

1994 Fireside Theatre hardcover. 156865135x. Playwright A.R Gurney(What I Did Last Summer;Scenes from An American Life) pitch-perfect adaption of seventeen of John Cheever's stories. The superficial gloss of upper middle class WASPS laid bare.

Genres: Plays

86 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

A.R. Gurney was an American playwright and novelist.

Reviews

[Evelyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stumbled on this in used bookstore-- couldn't resist. Think it would work well on the stage-- he definitely found a way to make the stories run together, not unlike the way they run together in my head. But there is meaning that gets lost when certain details get lost. On the other hand you get a great sense of his world, in some ways.

There were some great moments where the players paused to look at the audience. That hit home.