Compulsive acts : essays, interviews, reflections on the work of Sky Gilbert / edited by David Bateman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bateman, David, 1964- editor.

Series:

Essential writers series ; 37.

Essential writers series ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gilbert, Sky, 1952---Criticism and interpretation.

Gilbert, Sky.

Gilbert, Sky, 1952-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

340 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Guernica, 2014.

Summary:

Sky Gilbert is a playwright, director, professor, and drag queen extraordinaire. He co-founded Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and served as its artistic director for 17 years. Compulsive Acts explores the films, plays and personality of prolific playwright, novelist, filmmaker and poet Sky Gilbert. Actors, academics, performance artists, journalists, filmmakers, playwrights, poets and his partner of many years tackle his immense output with a queer eye for the intricacies of a unique and astute aesthetic vision - a vision that has placed him securely within Canadian Theatre history as an iconic and consistently provocative dramatic force. In the words of notorious performance artist and Compulsive Acts contributor Keith Cole: "When spending time with Sky's multiple characters, we are reminded that they are constructed out of tiny and discrete elements. But, when they appear on the stage, the page or on film, their figures are monumental, often reflecting back onto the people who play them more than the sum of all their parts". Other contributors include: David Bateman, Wendy White, RM Vaughan, J. Paul Halferty, Hope Thompson, Ian Jarvis, Moynan King, Hillar Litoja, Ann Holloway, Sarah Garton Stanley, Mike Hoolboom, Bob Wiseman, Carl Wilson, and Sky Gilbert himself. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introductions

Compulsive Acts & Everyday Revulsions / David Bateman Bateman, David 3

Ode to Jane: Une Poeme of My Owen / Wendy White White, Wendy 17

Sky Gilbert: National Post Article / Rm Vaughan Vaughan, Rm 19

Crises and Community: Sky Gilbert, Drag Queens on Trial, and the Development of Gay Theatre and Community in Toronto 1975-1985 / J. Paul Halferty Halferty, J. Paul 22

Essays on Selected Plays

It Started With a Kiss & The Roman Spring of Mrs. Thompson / Hope Thompson Thompson, Hope 135

Heliogabalus: A Lover's Story / Ian Jarvis Jarvis, Ian 140

"I'm Not Sure Where You Get Your Information." / Keith Cole Cole, Keith 150

Playing Straight In Sky Gilbert's Metatheatre / Moynan King King, Moynan 154

Designs on Wit In Love / Hiliar Liitoja Liitoja, Hiliar 167

Women's Comedy of Resistance / Ann Holloway Holloway, Ann 214

Rope Enough / Sarah Garton Stanley Stanley, Sarah Garton 232

Interviews

The Genius of Sky Gilbert: An Interview With Ellen-Ray Hennessy / Moynan King King, Moynan 243

"The Control of the Camera Is Fascinating": Sky Gilbert on His Feature Films-A Conversation With RM Vaughan / Rm Vaughan Vaughan, Rm 250

Sky Gilbert: Criticism, Vomit, Sex and Greatness: An Interview with Hillar Liitoja / Mike Hoolboom Hoolboom, Mike 257

Bob Wiseman Intro Before Lyric From Http:/Backtotheworld.Net/, Followed by Bob Wiseman Lyric / Carl Wilson Wilson, Carl 268

Two Reviews / David Bateman Bateman, David 271

Sky Email From Palm Springs / Sky Gilbert Gilbert, Sky 279

Conclusions

To Myself at 28 / Sky Gilbert Gilbert, Sky 287

The Aids Plays, Or "Oranges Are Not the only Fruit" / David Bateman Bateman, David 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781550717204

1550717200

OCLC:

892564301