Contemporary Drama: Performing Identity

Contemporary Drama: Performing Identity

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Featuring both modern classics and innovative, lesser-known works, the selection of plays in <i>Contemporary Drama</i> represent some of the best writing that the theatre has to offer. This collection includes the rare Czech play, <i>Fire in the Basement</i>, and the "lost" play by Jean Genet, <i>Splendid's</i>, as well as contributions by Pirandello, Guare, Wolfe, Wertenbaker, Mamet, and Parks. <P>The collection of plays in <i>Contemporary Drama</i> was chosen from a diverse array of styles. These plays: <BR><BR>-Each have an accompanying introduction, with an overall focus on performance -- not the staged performance of a play, but the everyday performances all of us carry out.<BR> -Make the book particularly useful for those at the beginning stage of their engagement in theatre, emphasizing theatre's enduring connection to our conscious and unconscious everyday activities.<BR> -Show characters enacting familial, social, professional, and political roles, and what happens when the characters fail, deviate, or refuse to "play."