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| | Description | In 1950s Houston, an affluent couple is transformed by tragedy when their son dies under mysterious circumstances and the husband loses his job of 40 years. Shirley Knight recreates her Tony-nominated performance in this 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Phyllis Applegate, Jamie Hanes, Shirley Knight, Lynne Marta, Ronan O'Casey, Daniel Passer, Kenna Ramsey, David Selby, Tom Virtue |  |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Horton Foote | | Audio CD: | 1 pages | | Publisher: | L.A. Theatre Works | | Publication Date: | January 30, 2001 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1580811922 | | Product Width: | 1.37 centimeters | | Product Height: | 1.75 centimeters | | Product Weight: | 0.01 pounds | | Package Length: | 7.0 inches | | Package Width: | 5.8 inches | | Package Height: | 1.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 3 reviews |
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8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 A Sincere Joy to Read Mar 23, 2002
Horton Foote is everything that today's culture is not -- thoughtful, sensitive, insightful. His works are rich, but can be accessed only by taking the time to listen and reflect, skills not well practiced these days (as evidenced by the dimwitted reviewer of the previous entry). If you cannot see his plays, please read them slowly and carefully (Both 'The Young Man from Atlanta' and 'The Last of the Thortons' are excellent choices) and the rewards will be tremendous.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Meet the Kidders. Mar 12, 2006
By Aco
How hard it is to lose a child. There is no hyperbole in such a statement, and there is no need to assume. To read Horton Foote's The Young Man From Atlanta is to read multiple stories at once. By this notion, the lives and fortunes of the Kidder's, Will and Lily Dale are doubly shaken. Not only has their child died, but the work that Will dedicated himself to has left him behind, the friends he thought he had, the trust he knew with his wife, their world itself has been fractured. All along too is the underlying story, the sensation that resonates through the play, the ominouos, the untold, the mystery. The inability to know a son who moved away, and spent money but had nothing, who went for a swim not knowing how to swim, and knew a young man-a roommate-who shows up in the Kidder's world to grieve or to swindle. The mystery of a kindly step-father who may in his past have transgressed with younger women, of the world's whimsy at pressing it's grotesqueness upon you...
This is a deceptive play. Especially in reading, it can seem to be a straight forward, dull and obvious story. That is Foote's brilliance. These characters are not sophisticated, or conniving, or analytical to the point of paralysis or explosion. They are clear in their lives, and basic in their needs. And they are older, habits are strong, constitutions hardy. So when the dubiousness of the outside, the growing South, the mystery of their one child's death, the onslaught of a business world that is not loyal or honorable to the past impedes, that constitution fractures.
Foote is one of the Great American writers. Great.
1 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 A Horrible Book. Not At all deserving a Pulitzer Prize. Aug 04, 1999
The Book had a good Plot. The way the characters where represented where horrible. You should have gotten to know them better, the author should have spent more time on the description of the characters personalities, and details of the story then just concentrating on the plot.
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