The Truth Teller

Name: The Truth Teller
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
ISBN: 9781580818476

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrator: Charles Durning, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Published: 11/15/2011

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Theater

Synopsis

Joyce Carol Oates' hilarious take-off on a classic Southern play begins when liberated Hedda arrives home to visit the family estate, ruled by the family’s tyrannical patriarch, “Tiny” Culligan. Tiny doesn’t know what to make of Hedda’s intellectual boyfriend, Saul. But then, Saul doesn’t know what to make of Hedda’s sister, the slinky Maggie, who finds Jewish professors very sexy indeed.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Charles Durning, Arthur Hanket, Gary Kroeger, Marsha Mason, Priscilla Pointer, William Schallert and JoBeth Williams.

About Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates is the author of such national bestsellers as The Falls, Blonde, and We Were the Mulvaneys. Her other titles include Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense, which features "The Woman in the Window," selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2017; The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection; and Jack of Spades. She is the recipient of the National Book Award for Them and the 2010 President's National Humanities Medal.

Reviews

Goodreads review by May on September 29, 2015

Witty and lighthearted. Quirky characters illustrate human foibles and shortcomings.......more

Goodreads review by Susan on April 15, 2018

I remember listening to stories on the radio late at night and listening to this play reminded me of that so it gets an extra star for nostalgia. The play also reminded me of a cross between All in the Family and Mama's Family - humor via bigotry and stereotypes. I made it through because it was les......more

Goodreads review by Bill on June 06, 2020

This play is hilarious. I had no idea that JCO could be so funny. This was an audiobook for me, and the cast (heavy-hitters all) was in tune and in time with the material. I thoroughly enjoyed this read.......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on May 28, 2021

Short and sweet play......more

Goodreads review by Vi on July 16, 2017

A play in the tradition of old-fashioned farce. A highly enjoyable hour and a half......more