Six Degrees Of Separation by John Guare
A Play
The play explores the premise that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else by a chain of no more than six acquaintances. It centers around a young con artist who infiltrates the lives of a wealthy New York couple, claiming to be the son of a famous movie star and a classmate of their children at Harvard. By spinning a web of lies and charm, he exposes the superficial nature of their social world while also revealing the deep-seated racial and class anxieties that lie beneath the polished surface of their lives. The title refers to the idea that any two individuals are connected by a chain of, at most, six other people, which becomes a metaphor for the interconnectedness of human experience and the illusion of separation in society.
The 14901st greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1990
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 120
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
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(3.5)
- Alternate Titles
- None
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This book is on the following 2 lists:
- 25th on 50 Greatest Plays of The Past 100 Years (1913–2013) (Entertainment Weekly)
- 68th on The 101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years (1920-2020) (Broadway World)