New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The title play won both the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award. Also includes two other plays: "Uncommon Women and Others" and "Isn't it Romantic." A tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very near fine dust jacket.

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Wendy Wasserstein is the author of the the plays Uncommon Women and Others , Isn’t It Romantic , The Sisters Rosensweig , An American Daughter , and The Heidi Chronicles , for which she received a Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and of the books, Bachelor Girls and Shiksa Goddess . She was admired both for the warmth and the satirical cool of her writing; each of her plays and books captures an essence of the time, makes us laugh and leaves us wiser. Wendy Wasserstein was born in 1950 in Brooklyn and died at the age of 55. Her daughter, Lucy Jane, lives in New York.

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Bookseller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 197394
Title: The Heidi Chronicles and Other Plays
Author: WASSERSTEIN, Wendy
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0151399859
ISBN 13: 9780151399857
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1990
Keywords: Drama

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