J.B.: A Play in Verse

About this book

J. B.: A Play in Verse is Archibald MacLeish's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, based on the biblical story of Job.The story of a twentieth-century American banker and millionaire whom God commands be stripped of his family and wealth, but who refuses to turn his back on God. J.B.: A Play in Verse sparked a national conversation about the nature of God, the meaning of hope, and the role of the artist in society."It was an inspiration to select the Biblical figure of Job as a prism in which to reflect the suffering and the injustice of our time."—The Atlantic

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780395083536

Publisher

Ecco Press

Published

August 1, 1989

Pages

160

Weight

5.8 oz

Subject

Drama