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Schechner Plays

Richard Schechner (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
600 Seiten
2025
Intellect Books (Verlag)
978-1-83595-094-4 (ISBN)
174,50 inkl. MwSt
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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 "writer" and a "wrighter" -- the author of plays and the conceptualizer and leader of teams of artists. 20 b&w illus.
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 "writer" and a "wrighter" -- 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 "Dionysus in 69," "YokastaS," "Makbeth," and "Imagining O." The earliest texts are from the 1950s the most recent from 2014.



This book brings together for the first time Richard’s original plays and adaptations: YokastaS Redux, Dionysus 69, Commune, Oresteia, Prometheus Project, Makbeth, Richard’s Leer, Imagining O, Faust/gastronome, Blessing of the Fleet, Briseis and the Sergeant, Lot's Daughters, and The Last Day of FK. The scripts engage with perennial canonic themes, such as Oedipus and Faust, and topical issues of our times. They embody Richard’s world-famous performance approach. The introduction sets the scripts in intellectual and production context. The book complements Schechner’s other works, Performance Studies (now in its 3rd ed.), Performance Theory, The Grotowski Sourcebook, The Future of Ritual, and his new A New Third World of Performance.

Richard Schechner is a theatre director, editor of both TDR: The Drama Review and the Enactments book series. His many books have appeared in over 25 languages. He is University Professor Emeritus of the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA.   Márta Minier is Associate Professor of Theatre and Media Drama at the University of South Wales, UK. Her research interests include adaptation, translation, dramaturgy, Shakespeare (the reworkings of Shakespeare in particular), the biopic and biographical drama, and the cultures of East-Central Europe. She is joint editor of the Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance (Intellect).  

Acknowledgements



Preface by Richard Schechner                                                                                                                    



Introduction by Marta Minier



                                                                                                                                          



1 Imagining O



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2 YokastaS  co-author Saviana Stanescu                                   



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3 Faust/gastronome



Introduction



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4  The Prometheus Project



Introduction



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5  Richard’s Lear                                                                                                                       



Introduction by Phillip Zarrilli



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6  Commune                                                                                                  



Introduction                           



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7  Makbeth, After Shakespeare                                                      



Introduction



The Makbeth Maze by Brooks McNamara



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Makbeth Music by Paul Epstein



 



8  Dionysus in 69          



Introduction                     



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9  Briseis and the Sergeant                                                              



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10  The Blessing of the Fleet                                                                               



 Introduction



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11 “Lot’s Daughters”                                                                              



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12 “The Last Day of FK”                                                            



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Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.3.2025
Reihe/Serie Playtext
Zusatzinfo 20 Halftones, black and white
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 244 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Dramatik / Theater
Kunst / Musik / Theater
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-83595-094-9 / 1835950949
ISBN-13 978-1-83595-094-4 / 9781835950944
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