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Tom Stoppard is widely considered to be one of the most important
dramatists of contemporary theatre. In this Introduction, William
Demastes provides an accessible overview of Stoppard's life and
work, exploring all the complexity and variety that makes his drama
so unique. Illustrated with images from a diverse range of Stoppard
productions, the book provides clear evaluations of his major
works, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Travesties,
Arcadia and The Coast of Utopia, to provide the most up-to-date
assessment available. Detailed chapters situate each play in the
context of its sources, which include Shakespeare and contemporary
existential thought, espionage, quantum physics, chaos theory,
romanticism, landscape design, nineteenth-century European
intellectual thought and European totalitarianism. The book also
includes a section on Stoppard's Academy Award-winning film
Shakespeare in Love.
Spalding Gray's (1941-2004) career in the theatre spanned one of
the most dynamic periods of American history and culture. From the
1960s and into the 21st century, Gray took the stage and mesmerized
his audiences with twisted and often hilarious tales about life in
America and abroad."Spalding Gray's America" traces Gray's life
from his work with the Performance and Wooster Groups to his career
as a storyteller famously presenting captivating monologues in his
signature plaid shirt while sitting behind a desk on an otherwise
bare stage. His monologues include "Sex and Death to the Age 14",
"Swimming to Cambodia", "Gray's Anatomy", "Monster in a Box", "It's
a Slippery Slope", and "Morning, Noon and Night".Gray's stories
provide a quirky, full-color portrait of America in the last half
of what has been famously labeled 'the American century'. They are
poignant, touching, and often troubling, but they're also vividly
insightful and invariably funny.
Tom Stoppard is widely considered to be one of the most important
dramatists of contemporary theatre. In this Introduction, William
Demastes provides an accessible overview of Stoppard's life and
work, exploring all the complexity and variety that makes his drama
so unique. Illustrated with images from a diverse range of Stoppard
productions, the book provides clear evaluations of his major
works, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Travesties,
Arcadia and The Coast of Utopia, to provide the most up-to-date
assessment available. Detailed chapters situate each play in the
context of its sources, which include Shakespeare and contemporary
existential thought, espionage, quantum physics, chaos theory,
romanticism, landscape design, nineteenth-century European
intellectual thought and European totalitarianism. The book also
includes a section on Stoppard's Academy Award-winning film
Shakespeare in Love.
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