Veronica's Room and Other Dramas by IRA Levin - by Ira Levin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Three of Ira Levin's most chilling and thought-provoking darkly psychological dramas

Betrayal. Deception. Madness. Here are three of Ira Levin's most tense, dark, and dramatic stage plays--presented for the first time in compilation form.

Interlock's psychological drama finds struggling concert pianist Paul in the sights of the older, aristocratic Mrs. Price. Once inside the walls of her Gramercy Park townhouse, can the bond between he and his youthful fiancé survive her manipulative designs? "A continuously entertaining study in corruption by logic." --Washington Evening Star

In Dr. Cook's Garden, newly minted physician Jim Tennyson experiences a flashpoint of crisis--and danger--when he returns to his Vermont hometown and takes the measure of his mentor, the town's resident physician. Is Greenfield Center's unusual good fortune just that--or does something more sinister play a role in its seeming perfection?

Having been cajoled into impersonating a family's long-lost daughter as an act of mercy for its last surviving relative, 1973 co-ed Susan Kerner finds herself seemingly locked inside the role. Or is she not Susan at all, but rather 1935's Veronica Brabissant--a troubled young woman desperately believing herself to be a later Susan? Enter Veronica's Room and uncover the truth.

Review Quotes

"Veronica's Room is a scary play, guaranteed to raise the hair on the back of your neck."

-- "Newhouse Newspapers"

"A continuously entertaining study in corruption by logic."

-- "Washington Evening Star on Interlock"

"Levin's plot has hardly lost its terrifying implications."

-- "Los Angeles Times on Dr. Cook's Garden"

"Like being trapped in someone else's nightmare...A neat, elegant thriller."

-- "The Village Voice on Veronica's Room"

"A study in dependence and dominance...manipulation of emotion and the truth...Quite entertaining."

-- "The Baltimore Sun on Interlock"

"Good thrillers keep us on the edge of our seats, simply because we do not know what's going to happen next, nor could we ever have imagined what actually does. On both these points playwright Levin scores 100 percent."

-- "The Washington Post on Veronica's Room"

"Part morality play, part suspense thriller, part comedy."

-- "The New York Times on Dr. Cook's Garden"

"Ira Levin has a devious mind. In Veronica's Room...he coolly unravels a nightmare of deception so corrupt that each layer peeled away reveals a new and surprising abomination. As he did in his popular thriller Deathtrap, Levin plays a crafty game of psychology, pitting conventional reality and morality against an insidious force of mind-bending guile and rampant depravity."

-- "Los Angeles Times on Veronica's Room"

"High-voltage moments."

-- "Wilmington Morning News on Interlock"

"Suspense and goose pimples."

-- "New York Daily News on Dr. Cook's Garden"

"The eternal triangle takes on an exciting new flavor in Interlock...This is the story of the struggle of two women over one man...The suspense is built honestly...A well-constructed play."

-- "Wilmington News-Journal on Interlock"

"Theatrical excitement...[with] moments of effective menace."

-- "New York Post on Dr. Cook's Garden"

"Unforgettable, breath-stopping suspense and high drama."

-- "New York Herald-Tribune on Dr. Cook's Garden"