Bang the Drum Slowly (Library Edition Audio CDs) (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collections)

Product Description A new dramatization of one of the greatest baseball stories of all time. A poignant, touching, and often comic tale of a baseball teams friendship and loyalty to a dying teammate. Adapted from the novel by Mark Harris. A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Ed Begley Jr., John Freeland Jr., Henry Harris, Brent Hinkley, Bruce Nelson, Joshua Rifkind, David Robbins, Marcia Rodd, Elizabeth Ruscio, Enrique Sandino, David Schwimmer, Harry Shearer and Jonathan Silverman. Review "[Bang the Drum Slowly] has one of the loveliest last lines in American literature, a regret from Wiggen for the way the players made fun of a slow-witted and now dead teammate: From here on in, I rag nobody. We could all use that on our coat of arms." George Vecsey, The New York Times (George Vecsey New York Times ) "Bang the Drum Slowly is more than just another novel about baseball. It is about friendship, about the lives of a group of men as one by one they learn that a teammate is dying. Henry''s dead-pan, vernacular account of life in the dugout is refreshing, lively and often uproariously funny. His reactions to his doomed friend are poignant and profoundly touching. Bang the Drum Slowly is a fine bitter-sweet book." New York Herald Tribune (New York Herald Tribune ) "Bang the Drum Slowly makes wonderful reading whether one hates baseball or loves it. . . . It is awfully funny in parts, and laughter is rare enough on anybody''s bookshelf." New York Times (New York Times ) "What makes Bang the Drum Slowly unique . . . is Author Harris'' mastery of his offbeat scene. . . . The talk is natural, larded with casual humor, earthiness and more than a touch of locker-room obscenity. . . . Harris has measured [the dimensions of his characters] with his heart as well as his eye and ear." --Time Magazine From the Back Cover A new dramatization of one of the greatest baseball stories of all time. A poignant, touching, and often comic tale of a baseball team's friendship and loyalty to a dying teammate. Adapted from the novel by Mark Harris. About the Author Mark Harris (1922-2007).