Women in Turmoil (Theater in the Americas) - Hardcover

Acosta, Mercedes De

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ISBN 10: 0809325098 ISBN 13: 9780809325092

Verlag: Southern Illinois University Press, 2003

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" Robert A. Schanke has rustled up a treasure trove of wonderfully hotheaded plays by Mercedes de Acosta. I hope that the discovery of these neglected and forgotten dramas will lead to rambunctious new productions and a celebration of this fantastic woman who haunted our theatrical landscape during the first half of the last century. " -- Ann Bogart, artistic director of the SITI Company and author of A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre "Robert A. Schanke has rustled up a treasure trove of wonderfully hotheaded plays by Mercedes de Acosta. I hope that the discovery of these neglected and forgotten dramas will lead to rambunctious new productions and a celebration of this fantastic woman who haunted our theatrical landscape during the first half of the last century."--Ann Bogart, artistic director of the SITI Company and author of "A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre" "It is a pleasure to become better acquainted with Mercedes de Acosta. . . . Six of de Acosta's plays, now edited and made available by Robert A. Schanke, rescue her from a vague, shadowy existence, and allow her to assume a strong identity of her own. These plays, quite varied in their subjects and contexts, reveal a writer with strong dramatic sensitivity and emotional power."--Oscar Brockett, coauthor of "History of the Theatre "and "The Essential Theatre" Robert A. Schanke has rustled up a treasure trove of wonderfully hotheaded plays by Mercedes de Acosta. I hope that the discovery of these neglected and forgotten dramas will lead to rambunctious new productions and a celebration of this fantastic woman who haunted our theatrical landscape during the first half of the last century. Ann Bogart, artistic director of the SITI Company and author of "A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre"" It is a pleasure to become better acquainted with Mercedes de Acosta. . . . Six of de Acosta s plays, now edited and made available by Robert A. Schanke, rescue her from a vague, shadowy existence, and allow her to assume a strong identity of her own. These plays, quite varied in their subjects and contexts, reveal a writer with strong dramatic sensitivity and emotional power. Oscar Brockett, coauthor of "History of the Theatre "and "The Essential Theatre"" " It is a pleasure to become better acquainted with Mercedes de Acosta. . . . Six of de Acosta ' s plays, now edited and made available by Robert A. Schanke, rescue her from a vague, shadowy existence, and allow her to assume a strong identity of her own. These plays, quite varied in their subjects and contexts, reveal a writer with strong dramatic sensitivity and emotional power. " -- Oscar Brockett, coauthor of History of the Theatre and The Essential Theatre

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In this first publication of six plays by the uninhibited author, poet, and playwright Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), theater historian Robert A. Schanke rescues lost theatrical writings from the dusty margins of obscurity. Often autobiographical, always rife with gender struggle, and decidedly stageworthy, Women in Turmoil: Six Plays by Mercedes de Acosta constitutes a significant find for the canon of gay and lesbian drama. The voice in these plays is that of a lesbian in turmoil, marginalized and ignored. The women characters struggle with unfulfilling marriages, divorce, unrequited sexual desire, suppressed identity, and a longing for recognition. Of the six plays, only the first two were ever produced. Jehanne d'Arc (1922) premiered in Paris with de Acosta's lover at the time, Eva Le Gallienne, starring and Norman Bel Geddes designing the set and lights. In 1934m de Acosta adapted it into a screemplay for Greta Garbo, then her lover, but it was never filmed. Portraying rampant anti-Semitism in a small New England town, Jacob Slovak (1923) was performed both on Broadway and in London, with the London production starring John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. The Mother of Christ (1924) is a long one-act play written for the internationally known actress Eleonora Duse. After Duse's death, several other actresses including Eva Bartok, Jeanne Eagels, and Lillian Gish explored productions of the play. Igor Stravinsky wrote a score, Norman Bel Geddes designed a set, and Gladys Calthrop designed costumes. However, the play was never produced. World Without End (1925) and The Dark Light (1926) both unfold through plots of sibling rivalry, incest, and suicide. With overtones of Ibsen, Illusion (1928) continues the themes of de Acosta's previous plays with her rough and seedy cast of characters, but here the playwright's drama grows to incorporate both a yearning for belonging as well as strong elements of class conflict.

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• Verlag: Southern Illinois University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0809325098
• ISBN 13: 9780809325092
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Herausgeber: Schanke Robert A.