{"product_id":"book-g55o","title":"Interview with the Sphinx","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative \u0026amp; immensely irritating comic play, the Sphinx from ancient Greece is interviewed in modern times as though she were a celebrity pop star. The problem is she never answers any questions - never directly anyway. Instead she prefers just dishing the dirt on everybody. ON HOMER: \u003cem\u003e\"I never was exactly sure which one Homer was. I'm positive he wasn't the blind one, though; that was just a silly story they started telling a few centuries later\". \u003c\/em\u003eON OEDIPUS: \u003cem\u003e\"Eddie was terribly conceited, you know … of course he was smart and handsome and, oh, just had a way of carrying himself that impressed everybody. In spite of his foot.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Bit by bit the Interviewer learns that what happens in Greek legend didn't happen exactly the way Sophocles described it. Fortunately, the Sphinx offers the Interviewer another riddle … if only he could figure out what exactly it is! This witty 67 minute audio play stars \u003cstrong\u003eJill Brumer\u003c\/strong\u003e as the Sphinx and \u003cstrong\u003eNeal Gage\u003c\/strong\u003e as the Interviewer. Part Tom Stoppard, part Monty Python, part Oscar Wilde, this play by Jack Matthews combines philosophical paradoxes with fast-paced verbal pyrotechnics. It offers the perfect antidote to people who remembered ancient literature as nothing but stuffy and melodramatic characters with hard-to-pronounce names. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeal Gage\u003c\/strong\u003e  is a Houston actor and teacher who has appeared in several features and comic sketch videos on \u003cem\u003e Funny or Die\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eJill Brumer \u003c\/strong\u003ehas an MFA in Media \u0026amp; Performing Arts and teaches theater at Houston colleges. \u003cstrong\u003eJack Matthews\u003c\/strong\u003e (1925-2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright and former professor in Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe play was first published \u0026amp; performed in 1992; later it was revised \u0026amp; expanded for the 2013 audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49417258860848,"sku":"BDg55o","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/g55o-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773470170","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g55o","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}