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What We Did Before Our Moth Days - by Wallace Shawn (Paperback)

Name: What We Did Before Our Moth Days - by Wallace Shawn (Paperback)
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Highlights

Wallace Shawn's first new play in ten years, a dark moral fable.And so yes, well, I'd simply dropped that whole idea of being a good person, I'd dropped it right down into some hole in the street, and down it had gone into the city's sewers, and no one ever saw it again.
Author(s): Wallace Shawn
96 Pages
Drama, American

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Book Synopsis

Wallace Shawn's first new play in ten years, a dark moral fable.

And so yes, well, I'd simply dropped that whole idea of being a good person, I'd dropped it right down into some hole in the street, and down it had gone into the city's sewers, and no one ever saw it again. And that was sad, if you thought it was sad, or I suppose it was sad, or some people probably would say it was sad.

A dark moral fable, telling of an acclaimed writer's hedonistic lifestyle and its effects on his wife, son and mistress.

Wallace Shawn's first new play in ten years, another viciously witty indictment of the liberal intelligentsia and its hidden depravity, will be staged in rep with a revival of The Fever at an Off-Broadway theatre in January 2026.

"Wallace Shawn writes like no one else. His stuff is scary, gripping, and hilarious.", New Yorker

Review Quotes

"No one pricks the conscience of right-on, left-leaning theatergoers better than this impish, idiosyncratic polymath." - Matt Trueman, Variety

"Wallace Shawn writes like no one else. His stuff is scary, gripping, and hilarious." - Ben Marcus, New Yorker

"Wallace Shawn always takes you on an unexpected journey. You come home bruised, perplexed, laughing, afraid. And, because he's such a good writer, very happy." - Caryl Churchill

"Wallace Shawn is at once the US's most profound and most overlooked playwright." - David Hare

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 96

Genre: Drama

Sub-Genre: American

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Wallace Shawn

Language: English

Street Date: December 16, 2025

TCIN: 1004245523

UPC: 9780571399901

Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-6623

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 1 pounds

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