Dirty Story finds two lovers in a battle over a small apartment which becomes a clash over their historical claims to the property and their very rights to exist. Wanda, a strong-minded Jewish woman who wants to be called Israel, meets a Mideastern writer Brutus in the park. The second act becomes an allegory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since Wanda now occupies most of Brutus's apartment. The loft apartment has become a war zone with Brutus's articles being pushed further and further into a corner.
DramaAmericanLiterary Criticism
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERDramatists Play Service Inc
LENGTH72
LANGUAGEEN
Dirty Story
by John Patrick Shanley
Dirty Story finds two lovers in a battle over a small apartment which becomes a clash over their historical claims to the property and their very rights to exist. Wanda, a strong-minded Jewish woman who wants to be called Israel, meets a Mideastern writer Brutus in the park. The second act becomes an allegory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since Wanda now occupies most of Brutus's apartment. The loft apartment has become a war zone with Brutus's articles being pushed further and further into a corner.