Maria Irene Fornes / Scott T. Cummings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cummings, Scott T., 1953- author.

Series:

Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists

Routledge modern and contemporary dramatists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fornés, María Irene--Criticism and interpretation.

Fornés, María Irene.

Theater--Production and direction--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Maria Irene Fornes is the most influential female American dramatist of the 20th century. That is the argument of this important new study, the first to assess Fornes's complete body of work. Scott T. Cummings considers comic sketches, opera libretti and unpublished pieces, as well as her best-known plays, in order to trace the evolution of her dramaturgy from the whimsical Off-Off Broadway plays of the 1960s to the sober, meditative work of the 1990s. The book also reflects on her practice as an inspirational teacher of playwriting and the primary director of her own plays. D

Contents:

Overview

The 1960s. Getting started

Off-off Broadway: the good scene

Key play: Promenade (the apotheosis of Judson)

The 1970s. Finding a way

Key play: Fefu and her friends (turning over the stone)

The 1980s. Found

The PAJ plays

Key play: Abingdon Square (conquering the vagueness)

The 1990s. The night plays

Coming to an end.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-72051-0

1-283-70986-4

0-203-81621-8

1-136-72052-9

9780203816219

OCLC:

817891383