Theatre-writings - Hardcover

Marranca, Bonnie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0933826672 ISBN 13: 9780933826670

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S., 1991

Synopsis

"The best kind of subjectivity -- enlightening to others and, in every sense, encouraging." -- Stanley Kauffmann

A collection of eighteen essays articulating a contemporary poetics of text and performance against a background of American culture, Theatrewritings moves easily from avant-garde groups (Mabou Mines, The Wooster Group, Ontological-Hysteric Theater) to writers as diverse as Sam Shepard, Lee Breuer, and Lillian Hellman, and to popular singers such as Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland.

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About the Author

Bonnie Marranca is co-editor of "Performing Arts Journal", as well as the author of "Ecologies of Theater" and "Theatrewritings", which received the George Jean Nathan Award; the editor of "American Dreams: The Imagination of Samp Shepard" and "The Theatre of Images".

About this edition

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0933826672
• ISBN 13: 9780933826670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 206