Dead Man's Cell Phone

by Sarah Ruhl

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A new comedy by the author of The Clean House.

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I just landed a role in this play today (the dead man of the title, who is much more animated than the name implies). I immediately purchased it as a Kindle book and read it. Wow. It's funny, touching, dark, disturbing, witty, and fun. It promises to be magic if we pull it off! And speaking for the other creative talent involved, I have great expectations of success in that.

Without giving too much away, here's the initial premise: Jean, a woman in a cafe, annoyed by the ringing cell phone of the man at the next table, tells him to answer his phone. She soon finds out why he's not answering. He's dead. Intrigued, she appoints herself caretaker of the phone, and insinuates herself into the lives of the dead man's loved ones. Gradually, we show more find out more and more about the deceased, Gordon Gottlieb, and Jean finds out more about herself. show less
Got this book on Kindle and it's in fact to play not actual a the novel but I got it because I wanted to see if I wanted to spend money to see the play and I did and it was a great book and a great play.

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Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
812.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican drama in English21st Century
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PS3618 .U48 .D43Language and LiteratureAmerican literature
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