Reading Editions • IraLevin.org

Reading Editions are plays formatted to be read like a book – their stage directions and other technical elements largely omitted; they're "Theater without the theater." Blackstone Publishing recently released four new independent volumes, fully reformatted in this manner, which together contain all of Ira Levin's commercially-produced stage plays. (You can read more about this undertaking on Playbill.com)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Four separate volumes containing all of Ira Levin's commercially-produced stage plays (and more)
• Completely reformatted for casual reading, with the direct input of the Levin Estate
• New introductions for each play written by Levin's son Nicholas Levin


	DEATHTRAP (Presented in its own volume) The longest-running thriller in Broadway history, Ira Levin's Tony and Edgar-winning meta-theatrical masterclass remains “The definition of good old-fashioned entertainment.” (Variety), and helped inspire later works such as 2019's Knives Out. Click the image at left or here to read more.
	CRITIC'S CHOICE AND OTHER COMEDIES • Break A Leg • Cantorial • Critic's Choice Yes, the author of Rosemary's Baby also wrote laugh-out-loud comedies. Here are three of his most side-splitting and engaging offerings – from from the howlingly-riotous Break A Leg to the warmly-mystical Cantorial, to Critic's Choice's cocktail-era quips and ripostes. Click the image at left or here to read more.
	VERONICA'S ROOM AND OTHER DRAMAS • Dr. Cook's Garden • Interlock • Veronica's Room Three of Levin's darkest and most dramatic stage works – tense, thought-provoking, and always engaging: the biting Interlock, the contentious Dr. Cook's Garden, and the mind-bending Veronica's Room. Click the image at left or here to read more.
	NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS AND OTHER MILITARY PLAYS • General Seeger • No Time For Sergeants • Notebook Warrior Once a young Army draftee, Levin drew from his time in uniform to craft a triad of armed forces-themed plays that run the theatrical gauntlet – from the riotous No Time For Sergeants, to the khaki-tinged Greek tragedy of General Seeger, to the semi-autobiographical Notebook Warrior. Read a related press release from the Levin Estate here.

DEATHTRAP
(Presented in its own volume)

The longest-running thriller in Broadway history, Ira Levin's Tony and Edgar-winning meta-theatrical masterclass remains “The definition of good old-fashioned entertainment.” (Variety), and helped inspire later works such as 2019's Knives Out.

Click the image at left or here to read more.

CRITIC'S CHOICE AND OTHER COMEDIES
    • Break A Leg
    • Cantorial
    • Critic's Choice

Yes, the author of Rosemary's Baby also wrote laugh-out-loud comedies. Here are three of his most side-splitting and engaging offerings – from from the howlingly-riotous Break A Leg to the warmly-mystical Cantorial, to Critic's Choice's cocktail-era quips and ripostes.

Click the image at left or here to read more.

VERONICA'S ROOM AND OTHER DRAMAS
    • Dr. Cook's Garden
    • Interlock
    • Veronica's Room

Three of Levin's darkest and most dramatic stage works – tense, thought-provoking, and always engaging: the biting Interlock, the contentious Dr. Cook's Garden, and the mind-bending Veronica's Room.

Click the image at left or here to read more.

NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS AND OTHER MILITARY PLAYS
    • General Seeger
    • No Time For Sergeants
    • Notebook Warrior

Once a young Army draftee, Levin drew from his time in uniform to craft a triad of armed forces-themed plays that run the theatrical gauntlet – from the riotous No Time For Sergeants, to the khaki-tinged Greek tragedy of General Seeger, to the semi-autobiographical Notebook Warrior.

Read a related press release from the Levin Estate here.