Schechner Plays (eBook)

Richard Schechner (Herausgeber)

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2025
Intellect Books (Verlag)
978-1-83595-096-8 (ISBN)

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A collection of performance texts ranging from orthodox plays to group-devised texts. The book traces from most recent to earliest Schechner's work as a "e;writer"e; and a "e;wrighter"e; -- the author of plays and the conceptualizer and leader of teams of artists. The book includes several never before published early texts as well as updated versions of well-known productions such as "e;Dionysus in 69,"e; "e;YokastaS,"e; "e;Makbeth,"e; and "e;Imagining O."e; The earliest texts are from the 1950s the most recent from 2014.This book brings together for the first time Schechner s original plays and adaptations: Imagining O, YokastaS, Faust/gastronome, The Prometheus Project, Richard's Lear, Commune, Makbeth, Dionysus in 69, The Blessing of the Fleet, Briseis and the Sergeant, "e;Lot's Daughters,"e; and "e;The Last Day of FK."e; The scripts engage with perennial canonical themes, such as Oedipus and Faust, and topical issues of our times. They embody Schechner s world-famous environmental theatre approach. Marta Minier's general introduction and Schechner's introductions to each play, set the scripts in their intellectual and production context. The book complements Schechner s other books which include, Performance Studies: An Introduction (now in its 4th ed.), Performance Theory, Between Theater and Anthropology, The Future of Ritual, and Performed Imaginaries.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.9.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-83595-096-5 / 1835950965
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83595-096-8 / 9781835950968