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  • Ruth Maleczech at Mabou Mines: Woman's Work

    Ruth Maleczech at Mabou Mines by Brater, Jessica Silsby;

    Woman's Work

    Series: Methuen Drama Engage;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Methuen Drama
    • Date of Publication 25 February 2016
    • Number of Volumes Hardback

    • ISBN 9781472578839
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages272 pages
    • Size 216x138 mm
    • Weight 463 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 10 bw illus
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    Long description:

    Constituting the first comprehensive look at Ruth Maleczech's work, Jessica Brater's companion is a landmark study in innovative theatre practice, bringing together biography, critical analysis, and original interviews to establish a portrait of this Obie-award winning theatre artist.

    Tracing Maleczech's background, training, and influences, the volume contextualizes her work and the founding of Mabou Mines within the wider landscape of American avant-garde theatre. It considers her performances and productions, revealing both her interest in making ordinary women important onstage, and her predilection for resurrecting extraordinary women from history and finding their resonances within a contemporary theatrical context.

    Brater considers Maleczech's investment in redrawing the boundaries of what women are allowed to say, both on stage and off, and shows how her commitment to radical artistic and production risks has reshaped the contours of a contemporary theatrical experience.

    Highlights of the volume include discussion of productions such as Mabou Mines' Lear, Dead End Kids, Hajj, Lucia's Chapters of Coming Forth by Day, Red Beads, and La Divina Caricatura, as well as a close look at Maleczech's final work-in-progress, Imagining the Imaginary Invalid.

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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgements
    Introduction
    Chapter One: Three Great Teachers and an Unconventional Education
    Chapter Two: Ordinary Women
    Chapter Three: Extraordinary Women
    Chapter Four: Family Drama
    Chapter Five: Mothers and Daughters
    Conclusion
    Notes
    Index

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