John Patrick Shanley

2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

1m, 3f

Various Ints.

"A superb new drama written by John Patrick Shanley. Written with an uncanny blend of compassion and detachment, it is an inspired study in moral uncertainty with the compellingly certain structure of an old-fashioned detective drama. Even as DOUBT holds your conscious attention as an intelligently measured debate play, it sends off stealth charges that go deeper emotionally. It is tight and absorbing. One of the year's ten best." - Ben Brantley, New York Times.

"Well-written roles that crackle with intelligence and rhythm. DOUBT is a superbly told yarn." - John Lahr, New Yorker.

"The best new play of the season. That rarity of rarities, an issue-driven play that is unpreachy, thought-provoking, and so full of high drama that the audience with which I saw it gasped out loud a half-dozen times at its startling twists and turns. Mr. Shanley deserves the highest possible praise; he doesn't try to talk you into doing anything but thinking - hard - about the gnarly complexity of human behavior." - Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal.

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