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In this brilliant study, Marc Robinson explores more than two
hundred years of plays, styles, and stagings of American theater.
Mapping the changing cultural landscape from the late eighteenth
century to the start of the twenty-first, he explores how theater
has--and has not--changed and offers close readings of plays by
O'Neill, Stein, Wilder, Miller, and Albee, as well as by important
but perhaps lesser known dramatists such as Wallace Stevens, Jean
Toomer, Djuna Barnes, and many others. Robinson reads each work in
an ambitiously interdisciplinary context, linking advances in
theater to developments in American literature, dance, and visual
art. The author is particularly attentive to the continuities in
American drama, and expertly teases out recurring themes, such as
the significance of visuality. He avoids neatly categorizing
nineteenth- and twentieth-century plays and depicts a theater more
restive and mercurial than has been recognized before. Robinson
proves both a fascinating and thought-provoking critic and a
spirited guide to the history of American drama.
Playwright and actor David Greenspan has been a leading figure in
Manhattan's downtown performance scene for over twenty years. His
numerous accolades include a Guggenheim fellowship and four Obie
Awards for his acting and writing, and most recently a fifth Obie
for Sustained Achievement. Tony Kushner once declared Greenspan
"probably all-around the most talented theater artist of my
generation," and the New York Times has called his performances
"irresistible." The Myopia and Other Plays brings together five of
Greenspan's most important works, accompanied by a critical
introduction and new interview with the playwright. Greenspan's
work -often semiautobiographical, always psychologically intense-
deals with issues of memory, family, doubt, and sexuality. The
plays in this collection take particular interest in the
motivations for erotic and aesthetic expression, forces
inextricably linked in Greenspan's world. Critic and scholar Marc
Robinson's informative introduction and lively interview with
Greenspan further increase the collection's appeal to lovers of
inventive playwriting, as well as students and scholars in the
fields of Performance Studies, English, American Studies, and LGBT
Studies.
Playwright and actor David Greenspan has been a leading figure in
Manhattan's downtown performance scene for over twenty years. His
numerous accolades include a Guggenheim fellowship and four Obie
Awards for his acting and writing, and most recently a fifth Obie
for Sustained Achievement. Tony Kushner once declared Greenspan
"probably all-around the most talented theater artist of my
generation," and the New York Times has called his performances
"irresistible." The Myopia and Other Plays brings together five of
Greenspan's most important works, accompanied by a critical
introduction and new interview with the playwright. Greenspan's
work -often semiautobiographical, always psychologically intense-
deals with issues of memory, family, doubt, and sexuality. The
plays in this collection take particular interest in the
motivations for erotic and aesthetic expression, forces
inextricably linked in Greenspan's world. Critic and scholar Marc
Robinson's informative introduction and lively interview with
Greenspan further increase the collection's appeal to lovers of
inventive playwriting, as well as students and scholars in the
fields of Performance Studies, English, American Studies, and LGBT
Studies.
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