Reason Obscured: Nine PlaysReason Obscured is the first English-language translation of plays by renowned Argentinean dramatist Ricardo Monti, one of Latin America's most distinctive, innovative, and influential contemporary playwrights. The annotated collection includes four full-length works (An Evening with Mr. Magnus & Sons, Visit, Marrathon, and The Obscurity of Reason) and five one-act plays (The Beaded Curtain, A South American Passion-Play, Asuncion, Hotel Columbus, and Finland), all written between 1970 and 2000. Graham-Jones's introductory study and bibliography of works by and about Monti also accompany the collection. |
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Contents
| 7 | |
Selected Works by and about Ricardo Monti | 37 |
An Evening with Mr Magnus Sons 1970 revised 1993 version | 45 |
Visit 1977 | 93 |
Marrathon 1980 | 133 |
The Beaded Curtain 1981 | 185 |
A South American Passion Play 1989 revised 1999 | 207 |
Asuncion 1992 | 247 |
The Obscurity of Reason 1993 | 265 |
Hotel Columbus 2000 | 371 |
Finland 2000 | 395 |
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AIDE-DE-CAMP ALMA alright Argentine Argentinean ASSISTANT ASUNCION begins BELTRAMI blood body BOUNCER Brief pause BRIGADIER brother Buenos Aires BUFFOONS CASPER CHARITY cigarette CLERK cold CUSTER DALMACIO dance DANCERS dark dear death disgusting door dream edited by Osvaldo EMCEE EMMA everything eyes face FARFARELLO FATHER fingers flesh floor gesture giggle give goes grabs hair hands HECTOR HELEN Historia tendenciosa HOMER JIMMY JULIA knife ladies and gents laughing leave light LOLLY look madam Magnus e hijos MAMA MARIA MARIANO MEZZOGIORNO mother moves never night OLD Lou Osvaldo Pellettieri pasion sudamericana passion PEARL Pedro de Mendoza PEZUELA play play's Pompeyo Camps POPHAM premiered PRINCE MURAT Ricardo Monti SAINT BENEDICT SARAH scene SERVANT signore Silence sister sleep slowly smiling SONS stage STANISLAV suddenly takes teatro argentino tell theater there's thing TOM Mix TWINS VESPUCCI voice What's WOLFY WOMAN WOMEN
Bibliographic information
| Title | Reason Obscured: Nine Plays |
| Author | Ricardo Monti |
| Editor | Jean Graham-Jones |
| Translated by | Jean Graham-Jones |
| Edition | annotated |
| Publisher | Bucknell University Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0838755860, 9780838755860 |
| Length | 423 pages |
| Subjects | › Drama / Caribbean & Latin American Literary Collections / Caribbean & Latin American |
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