Rajiv Joseph is one of today's most acclaimed young playwrights. The winner of numerous awards, including an NEA award for Best Play and a Whiting Writers Award, he is an up-and-coming artist and one to watch. This volume gathers, for the first time, his three major works to date - 'Gruesome Playground Injuries', 'Animals out of Paper' and 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'. Subtle, observant and ambitious, these plays showcase the talent of a rising young star on the contemporary theatre scene.