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Plays from Romania: Dramaturgies of Subversion - Lowlands; The Spectator Sentenced to Death; The Passport; Stories of the Body (Artemisia, Eva, Lina, Teresa); The Man Who Had His Inner Evil Removed; Sexodrom (Hardcover)
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Plays from Romania: Dramaturgies of Subversion - Lowlands; The Spectator Sentenced to Death; The Passport; Stories of the Body (Artemisia, Eva, Lina, Teresa); The Man Who Had His Inner Evil Removed; Sexodrom (Hardcover)
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Plays from Romania: Dramaturgies of Subversion reflects the
diversity of dramatic writing exploring the past and present of
Romania, and takes stock thirty years after the collapse of
communism. In addition to plays originally written in Romanian, the
collection includes work by German, Hungarian and Roma authors born
and/or working in Romania, and brings together plays written during
the communist period and its aftermath. The plays included in the
collection, edited and translated by Jozefina Komporaly and fully
published for the first time in English, demonstrate broad variety
in terms of form and content - ranging from family dramas to
allegories, and absurdist experiments to modular texts rooted in
open dramaturgy - and are the work of both individual playwrights
and the results of collective creation. These works share a
preoccupation with critically reflecting urgent concerns rooted in
Romanian realities, and are notable dramaturgical experiments that
push the boundaries of the genre. In addition, these plays also
seek novel ways to examine universal experiences of the human
condition, such as love, loss, abuse, betrayal, grief, violence,
manipulation and despair. This unique anthology celebrates the
renewed vitality and variety of writing for the stage after 1990,
and endeavours to place Romanian theatre in a forward-looking
transnational context. Lowlands ('Niederungen') by Herta Muller,
adapted for the stage by Mihaela Panainte (German) This stage
adaptation is based on a volume of short stories by Herta Muller
written in German in 1982 and focuses on the perspective of a child
narrator, by way of a series of episodes that centre on mundane
aspects of daily life in a remote village against the backdrop of
the oppressive atmosphere of mid-twentieth century Romania. The
Spectator Sentenced to Death ('Spectatorul condamnat la moarte') by
Matei Visniec (Romanian) This play is a bitter parody of the
Stalinist justice system, which totally disregards the fundamental
question whether the accused is actually guilty or not. The
Passport ('Kalucsni') by Gyoergy Dragoman (Hungarian) This play is
set pre-1989 in a typical small town in the Transylvanian province
of Romania, in which the lives of the various social classes, and
the fate of the persecuted and that of those who persecute are
closely intertwined. The Man Who Had His Inner Evil Removed ('Omul
din care a fost extras raul') by Matei Visniec (Romanian) This
topical play is a sharp reflection on the voluntary servitude in
which we place ourselves, often unawares, in conditions of our
contemporary consumer culture, and a fierce critique of
increasingly dominant tendencies to abandon moral criteria in
political life. Stories of the Body (Artemisia, Eva, Lina, Teresa)
('A test toertenetei') by Andras Visky (Hungarian) The cycle
Stories of the Body comprises four plays based on real life stories
as experienced by remarkable women (including Mother Teresa and
Italian Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi), and are
connected to various cities including Budapest, Cluj/Kolozsvar,
Kolkata and Rome, from the 17th to the 21st century. Sexodrom by
Giuvlipen Theatre Company (Mihaela Dragan, Antonella Lerca Duda,
Nicoleta Ghita, Zita Moldovan, Bety Pisica, Oana Rusu, Raj
Alexandru Udrea), based on a concept by Bogdan Georgescu.(Roma)
This is a work of collective creation by members of the Roma
Theatre company Giuvlipen, aiming to bring to public attention
taboo subjects, to enhance the visibility of Roma performers and to
experiment with new forms of theatre-making in a Romanian context.
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