The Theater of Maria Irene FornesMarc Robinson Throughout the anthology, textual analysis is balanced with production criticism. Contributors assess Fornes's connection to the various traditions that have claimed her--absurdism, realism, and surrealism, among others. Several critics reveal Fornes's range by delving deeply into individual plays, particularly the landmark Fefu and Her Friends. Her work as a director is captured in rehearsal logs, interviews with her actors, and a sampling of production reviews from 1965 to 1993. The anthology closes with Fornes's own views on her work, in statements and interviews from each stage of her career. More than twenty production photographs accompany the text. |
Contents
Marc Robinson Introduction | 1 |
THE PLAYS | 13 |
The Elements of Style | 25 |
Copyright | |
15 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abingdon Square actors actress American Place Theatre artists audience become behavior body Broken Blossoms cards critics CUMMINGS DABNEY Danube directed director dramatic Elizabeth and Marion Emma emotional Enter THE NIGHT Evelyn Brown feel Fefu Fefu's feminist Fornes says Fornes's Fornes's plays Friends gender happens Hedda Gabler Ibsen idea imagine INTAR Isidore Isidore's John Seitz Julia Juster Kheal kind language Leopold look Madeleine Potter Maria Irene Fornes mind Miss Fornes Miss Fornes's never Obie award Paula performance person play's playwright production Promenade readers reading realism rehearsal reprinted by permission Ross Wetzsteon Sarita scene script seems Seitz sense sexual space speak spectators speech spirit stage style Summer in Gossensass Susan Susan Sontag talk Tango Palace theater theatrical there's things thought Uncle Vanya Village Voice woman women words writing Yelena York