Richard Bausch’s thirteenth novel, Playhouse, takes place in Tennessee as the Globe Shakespeare Theater of Memphis undergoes a major building renovation while the theater folk get ready for their fall season. Bausch’s characters face more professional and personal problems than you can shake a playbill at, but the theater staff and the cast deal with adversity with varying degrees of success.
Richard Bausch's new novel, 'Playhouse,' reflects his lifelong fixations on 'King Lear,' anxiety and lessons learned in classrooms and cocktail parties.