The theatre of Paula Vogel : practice, pedagogy, and influences / Lee Brewer Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Lee Brewer, author.

Series:

Critical companions (London, England)

Critical companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vogel, Paula--Criticism and interpretation.

Vogel, Paula.

Vogel, Paula--Influence.

American drama--20th century--History and criticism.

American drama.

American drama--21st century--History and criticism.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 194 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Methuen Drama, 2023.

Summary:

"By the time Paula Vogel made her Broadway debut with her 2017 Rebecca Taichman collaboration Indecent, she was already an accomplished playwright, with a Pulitzer Prize for How I Learned to Drive (1998) and two Obie Awards. She had also enjoyed a brilliant career as a professor at Brown and Yale with students such as Sarah Ruhl, a MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner, Pulitzer Prize winners Nilo Cruz, Quiara Alegria Hudes, and the only woman to win two Pulitzers for Drama, Lynn Nottage. Vogel's theatre draws upon Russian Formalist Viktor Skhlovsky and uses devices such as "defamiliarization" and "negative empathy" to challenge conventional definitions of protagonists and antagonists. In this volume, Lee Brewer Jones examines Vogel as both a playwright and renowned teacher, analyzing texts and early reviews of Vogel's major plays-including Indecent, Desdemona, How I Learned to Drive and The Baltimore Waltz-before turning attention to her influence upon other major American playwrights, including Sarah Ruhl, Lynn Nottage, and Quiara Alegria Hudes. Chapters explore Vogel's plays in chronological order, consider her early influences and offer detailed accounts of her work in performance. Enriched by essays from scholars Ana Fernández-Caparrós and Amy Muse, and an interview with Lynn Nottage, this is a vibrant exploration of Paula Vogel as a major American playwright"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Early life and influences

Developing a unique voice

Building an international reputation

The house of Paula Vogel

Indecent

and Broadway

Critical perspectives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781350251717

1350251712

9781350251755

1350251755

OCLC:

1331706548