Playhouse: A novel

by Richard Bausch

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From the prize-winning fiction writer Richard Bausch (“A master of the novel as well as the story . . . Effortlessly engaging” —Sven Birkerts, The New York Times), a sharp, affecting, masterly new novel about a close-knit theater community in Memphis and one turbulent, transformative production of King Lear.

As renovations begin at the Shakespeare Theater of Memphis, life for the core members of the company seems to be falling into disarray. Their trusted director has just retired, and theater manager Thaddeus Deerforth—staring down forty and sensing a rift growing slowly between himself and his wife, Gina—dreads the...Read more
  • ISBN10 0451494849
  • ISBN13 9780451494849
  • Publish Date 14 February 2023
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Alfred A. Knopf