Pecong

Author : Melinda Powers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191083143
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage written by Melinda Powers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its long history of performance and reception, Greek drama has been interpreted and adapted in ever-changing ways to share in the preoccupations and tensions of particular historical moments. Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage explores this tradition by investigating a cross section of theatrical productions that have reimagined Greek tragedy in order to address social and political concerns in the US. Studying performance and its role in creating social, historical, and cultural identities, this volume draws on cutting-edge research to move discussion away from the interpretation of dramatic texts in isolation from their performance contexts and towards an analysis of the dynamic experience of live theatre. The study focuses particularly on the ability of engaged performances to pose critical challenges to the long-standing stereotypes and political policies that have contributed to the misrepresentation and marginalization of underrepresented communities. However, in the process it also uncovers the ways in which such performances can inadvertently reinforce the very stereotypes they aim to challenge, demonstrating that ancient drama can be a powerful, yet dangerous tool in the search for justice.

Author : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786451593
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Dionysus written by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-22 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many playwrights, authors, poets and historians have used images, metaphors and references to and from Greek tragedy, myth and epic to describe the African experience in the New World. The complex relationship between ancient Greek tragedy and modern African American theatre is primarily rooted in America, where the connection between ancient Greece and ancient Africa is explored and debated the most. The different ways in which Greek tragedy has been used by playwrights, directors and others to represent and define African American history and identity are explored in this work. Two models are offered for an Afro-Greek connection: Black Orpheus, in which the Greek connection is metaphorical, expressing the African in terms of the European; and Black Athena, in which ancient Greek culture is "reclaimed" as part of an Afrocentric tradition. African American adaptations of Greek tragedy on the continuum of these two models are then discussed, and plays by Peter Sellars, Adrienne Kennedy, Lee Breuer, Rita Dove, Jim Magnuson, Ernest Ferlita, Steve Carter, Silas Jones, Rhodessa Jones and Derek Walcott are analyzed. The concepts of colorblind and nontraditional casting and how such practices can shape the reception and meaning of Greek tragedy in modern American productions are also covered.

Author : Graley Herren
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786494611
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Text & Presentation, 2014 written by Graley Herren and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text & Presentation gathers some of the best work presented at the 2014 Comparative Drama Conference in Baltimore. The subjects explored in this volume range from ancient to contemporary and encompass great cultural and intellectual diversity. The highlight of the conference was a presentation by award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang. A transcript of Hwang's conversation is the lead piece, followed by twelve research papers, one review essay and ten book reviews. This volume accurately represents the diversity of the annual conference, and represents the latest research in the fields of comparative drama, performance and dramatic textual analysis.

Author : Terry Stoller
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472536290
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Tricycle Theatre written by Terry Stoller and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the Tricycle Theatre provides an inside look at the history of the north London theatre which has achieved renown with its staging of black, Irish, verbatim and political drama. Co-published with the Society for Theatre Research, the book draws extensively on archival research and interviews with actors, playwrights, directors, designers and board members to document and celebrate the work of one of London's most artistically exciting and politically engaged theatres. Terry Stoller presents the Tricycle's story, giving you a front-row view of the theatre's productions, including: - the work of generations of black British writers, from Mustapha Matura and Alfred Fagon to Roy Williams, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Bola Agbaje - Irish plays ranging from Bernard Shaw's John Bull's Other Island to Brendan Behan's The Hostage - its critically lauded political play cycles The Bomb – A Partial History and The Great Game: Afghanistan, the latter performed at the Pentagon in 2011 “[The Tricycle Theatre] has been both defiantly local and proudly international, it has held a mirror up to British society, and, above all, it has proved that political engagement is not incompatible with the highest artistic standards. It has helped make my life as a critic worthwhile . . .” Michael Billington, Foreword

Author : Steve Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pecong written by Steve Carter and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Victory Gardens Theater did not simply present a world premiere of a new play on Thursday night. It conjured a new life for a myth that is more than 2,000 years old. And it did so with such stunning and completely realized theatricality that it seemed as if all the talent involved in the project has suddenly ripened and burst apart. The play is called PECONG. And although at first its Caribbean island setting seems far from the ancient Greece as a globe will permit, it turns out to be not just one of the most astonishingly powerful retellings of the Medea story, but one of the most faithful. In moving this classic tale of sexual possession and bloody revenge to another continent, playwright Steve Carter has rediscovered its meaning. Sex and power are the focus of PECONG, and the struggles come in all varieties. At the center there is the battle between man and woman in the ferocious relationship of Mediyah (the Medea character), the sorceress, and Jason Allcock, the shallow womanizer whom she falls madly in love with and cedes all her power to, only to be crassly dumped. Hell hath no fury like this woman scorned. But there are also wars among women, between brother and sister, between those of light and dark skin tones and, of course, among men. (In the Carnival scene a 'pecong, ' or verbal battle of insults hurled in rhymed verse, is played out in great style by Mediyah's brother, dressed as a rooster, and her lover, dressed as a ram.) PECONG is Carter's most ambitious and beautifully written play to date--full of humor, passion, high drama and low comedy." Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

Author : Helene P. Foley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520283872
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage written by Helene P. Foley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. Despite the gap separating the world of classical Greece from our own, Greek tragedy has provided a fertile source for some of the most innovative American theater. Helene P. Foley shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies—over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Although Greek tragedy was often initially embraced for its melodramatic possibilities, by the twentieth century it became a vehicle not only for major developments in the history of American theater and dance but also for exploring critical tensions in American cultural and political life. Drawing on a wide range of sources—archival, video, interviews, and reviews—Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage provides the most comprehensive treatment of the subject available.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resarun written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Otis L. Guernsey
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557830906
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best Plays of 1989-1990 written by Otis L. Guernsey and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers highlights from the season's ten best plays and information on plays produced in the United States

Author : Otis L. Guernsey
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557830562
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best Plays of 1988-1989 written by Otis L. Guernsey and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers plays produced in New York, awards, details of productions, prizes, people, and publications, as well as the editors' choices of the ten best plays

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 902 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Theatre Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: