Three Plays: Night of January 16th, Ideal, Think Twice
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (679 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0451214668 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Published together for the first time are three of Ayn Rand's most compelling stage plays. Also included are two of Rand's unproduced plays, Think Twice, a clever philosophical murder mystery, and Ideal, a bitter indictment of people's willingness to betray their highest values-symbolized by a Hollywood goddess suspected of a crime.. The courtroom drama Night of January 16th, famous for its open-ended verdict, is presented here in its definitive text
Praise for Ayn Rand: ''Ayn Rand is destined to rank in history as the outstanding novelist and most profound philosopher of the twentieth century.'' --New York Daily Mirror
Herschel Greenberg said Great plays. Any Rand has been overlooked the past few years - she no longer appears on reading lists and I dont think her philosophy is covered in college courses. That is too bad - she is a great writer and her philosophies are worth exploring. I did not know she wr. RCM said Exit Stage Left. Best known for her philosophy of Objectivism that permeates her novels, Ayn Rand also infused her stage plays with the same ideals and philosophical dilemmas. This collection of three plays, only one of which has been produced, is uneven and amateurish at. A court-room thriller, a murder mystery and a miss Genevieve Hayes This omnibus edition contains the scripts to Ayn Rand's three stage plays: "Night of January 16th" (1933), "Ideal" (1934) and "Think Twice" (1939) (the latter two plays were never produced and are reprinted from "The Early Ayn Rand"). These are some of Ra
With the publication of The Fountainhead in 1943, she achieved a spectacular and enduring success and her unique philosophy, objectivism, gained a worldwide following. She published her first novel in 1936. AYN RAND (1905-1982) was born in Russia, graduated from the University of Leningrad, and came to the United States in 1926.