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"The Theatre of Sabina Berman: " The Agony of Ecstasy" and Other
Plays" introduces and makes accessible to an English-speaking
audience the work of the contemporary Mexican playwright Sabina
Berman. The book contains translations of the four plays that
established Berman's career: "The Agony of Ecstasy, Yankee, Puzzle,
"and "Heresy. "An introduction by Adam Versenyi provides a critical
assessment of each play, a discussion of the specific problems of
translation involved, and placement of Berman's work in the larger
Mexican and Latin American context.
It is evident that Sabina Berman's theatrical acumen matches the
depth of her dramatic design whether it is the sheer variety of
techniques from song to staged tableau that appear in "The Agony of
Ecstasy; "the physicalization of what it means to be interrogated
and to interrogate in "Yankee; "the final enigmatic image of a
soldier alone on stage, silently aiming his firearm at an undefined
threat that potentially emanates from the audience in "Puzzle; "or
the manner in which the family narrates its own "heretical" actions
in "Heresy. "It is the combination of theatrical technique with
universal themes of self-definition that cuts across cultures and
ultimately makes these plays translatable.
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