Schechner Plays
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Schechner Plays

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Schechner Plays

About this book

A collection of performance texts ranging from orthodox plays to group-devised texts. The book traces from most recent to earliest Schechner's work as a "writer" and a "wrighter" -- the author of plays and the conceptualizer and leader of teams of artists. The book includes several never before published early texts as well as updated versions of well-known productions such as "Dionysus in 69," "YokastaS," "Makbeth," and "Imagining O." The earliest texts are from the 1950s the most recent from 2014.

This book brings together for the first time Schechner's original plays and adaptations: Imagining O, YokastaS, Faust/gastronome, The Prometheus Project, Richard's Lear, Commune, Makbeth, Dionysus in 69, The Blessing of the Fleet, Briseis and the Sergeant, "Lot's Daughters," and "The Last Day of FK." The scripts engage with perennial canonical themes, such as Oedipus and Faust, and topical issues of our times. They embody Schechner's world-famous environmental theatre approach. Marta Minier's general introduction and Schechner's introductions to each play, set the scripts in their intellectual and production context. The book complements Schechner's other books which include, Performance Studies: An Introduction (now in its 4th ed.), Performance Theory, Between Theater and Anthropology, The Future of Ritual, and Performed Imaginaries.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Preface: From Writer to Wrighter
  8. From Poetic Realism to Postdramatic Metaperformance: An Introduction to Schechner Plays
  9. 1. Imagining O, 2011, 2012, 2014
  10. 2. YokastaS, 2003, 2005
  11. 3. Faust/gastronome, 1993–1994
  12. 4. Te Prometheus Project, 1985
  13. 5. Richard’s Lear, 1981
  14. 6. Commune, 1970–1972
  15. 7. Makbeth, After Shakespeare, 1969–1970
  16. 8. Dionysus in 69, 1968–1969
  17. 9. Briseis and the Sergeant, 1958, 1961, 1962
  18. 10. Te Blessing of the Fleet, 1958, 1961
  19. 11. “Lot’s Daughters,” 1957
  20. 12. “Te Last Day of FK,” 1957, 1961
  21. Bibliography
  22. Back Cover