The Difficulty of Crossing a Field: Nine New Plays - Hardcover

Wellman, Mac; Thomas, Buddy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816655049 ISBN 13: 9780816655045

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2008

Synopsis

A new collection from one of America’s leading avant-garde playwrights

Known for his verbal invention and radical experimentation, Mac Wellman is one of America’s most original and essential dramatists. Since seizing the spotlight with 7 Blowjobs in the early nineties, Wellman has charted an ambitious artistic course. As a fixture on the downtown New York theater scene, and now with his work being staged around the world, he has challenged directors, designers, producers, actors, audiences, and readers for nearly three decades.

In this new book, Wellman brings together nine recent plays, including some of his most provocative work, Antigone, Infrared, and The Invention of Tragedy. With their feisty heroines, crisp dialogue, and noir influences, the works in The Difficulty of Crossing a Field reveal a playwright at the peak of his powers, and the collection concludes with Speculations, Wellman’s bold theatrical vision presented as lyrical prose.

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About the Author

Helen Shaw is a New York theater critic whose work appears in the New York Times and Time Out New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816655049
• ISBN 13: 9780816655045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272