A critical companion to Lynn Nottage / [edited by] Jocelyn L. Buckner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buckner, Jocelyn L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nottage, Lynn--Criticism and interpretation.

Nottage, Lynn.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

A Critical Companion to Lynn Nottage places this award-winning playwright's contribution to American theatre in scholarly context. The volume covers Lynn Nottage's plays, productions, activism, and artistic collaborations in order to display the extraordinary breadth and depth of her work. Each of her major plays is covered by an individually authored chapter, and also included is a special three-chapter section devoted to Ruined, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. The collection is capped by an interview with Lynn Nottage herself and two of the plays' most successful directors, Seret Scott and Kate Whoriskey. A compelling, authoritative account of Nottage's work, A Critical Companion to Lynn Nottage is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary American theatre. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 On the table: Crumbs of freedom and fugitivity - a twenty-first century (re)reading of Crumbs from the Table of Joy / Jaye Austin Williams Williams, Jaye Austin 17

2 Guess who's coming to dinner: Choral performance in Mud, River, Stone / Jennifer L. Hayes Hayes, Jennifer L. 37

3 Diasporic desires in Las Meninas / Jocelyn L. Buckner Buckner, Jocelyn L. 52

4 Intimate spaces/public places: Locating sites of migration, connection, and identity in Intimate Apparel / Adrienne Macki Braconi Braconi, Adrienne Macki 70

5 "It's all about a rabbit, or it ain't": The folkloric significations of Lynn Nottage / Faedra Chatard Carpenter Carpenter, Faedra Chatard 90

6 Vera Stark at the crossroads of history / Harvey Young Young, Harvey 110

Special section: Ruined

7 Melodrama, sensation, and activism in Ruined / Jennifer-Scott Mobley Mobley, Jennifer-Scott 129

8 Renegotiating realism: Hybridity of form and political potentiality in Ruined / Jeff Paden Paden, Jeff 145

9 Land rights and womb rights: Forging difficult diasporic kinships in Ruined / Esther J. Terry Terry, Esther J. 161

10 On creativity and collaboration: A conversation with Lynn Nottage, Seret Scott, and Kate Whoriskey / Jocelyn L. Buckner Buckner, Jocelyn L. 180.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781138822597

9781138822580

1138822582

1138822590

OCLC:

919480435

Publisher Number:

99967703821