{"product_id":"crisis-the-theatre-responds-paperback","title":"Crisis: The Theatre Responds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Rocamora\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe live in times of crisis. How has the theatre responded? Has the theatre lived up to its essential purpose: to \"hold up the mirror\" to our turbulent times?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will look at the courageous responses from dozens of playwrights over the past hundred years, writing about urgent issues - from World War II to communism, apartheid, the AIDs epidemic, gay hate crime, urban race riots, conflict in the Middle East, Africa, and Afghanistan, systemic racism, immigrant identity, the refugee crisis, authoritarianism, failing educational systems, environmental peril, and, most recently, the pandemic. These dedicated writers (from four continents) and the theatres who support them have taken huge risks to heighten our awareness to the urgent issues of our times. This book will acknowledge the exciting new dramatic forms they have created, their heroic efforts, and the changes that they have provoked and continue to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCRISIS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003econtains discussion of the following plays: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisgraced;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGrounded;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMother Courage and Her Children;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGuantanamo: 'Honor Bound to Defend Freedom.';\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Niceties;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBlack Watch;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAn Ordinary Muslim; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Number;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBlue Heart;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCloud Nine;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEscaped Alone; Far Away;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAmerican Moor;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAin't No Mo; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFairview;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Death of England and Death of England: Delroy; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Knot and Other Plays;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThree Port Elizabeth Plays;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"Master Harold\"... and the boys;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEclipsed;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBeat the Devil: A Covid Monologue; S\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003etuff Happens;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSlave Play\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003e1984 by George Orwell;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAn Octoroon;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMosquitos;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Children;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAngels in America; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath of a Salesman;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eHamilton: The Revolution; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Heights\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003ePipeline; The Jungle;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Guys;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Apple Family: A Pandemic Trilogy;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eRuined;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePass Over; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFather Comes Home from the Wars, \u003c\/em\u003eParts 1, 2, \u0026amp; 3; \u003cem\u003eThe America Play and Other Works;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTopdog\/Underdog;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhite Noise; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRockets and Blue Lights; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lehman Trilogy; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes from the Field; Twilight Los Angeles: 1992 \u003c\/em\u003eand others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Carol Rocamora\u003c\/strong\u003e is a New York-based author and educator with a rich and extensive background in the theatre. She is a respected translator, playwright, biographer, and critic. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarol's play \u003cstrong\u003eI take your hand in mine...\u003c\/strong\u003e premiered in London in 2001 at London's Almeida Theatre with Paul Scofield and Irene Worth in the original cast, directed by Jonathan Kent. The play was next seen in Paris in 2003 at the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord directed, by Peter Brook, starring his wife Natasha Parry and Michel Picoli. (It toured for two years before appearing in London's Barbican Centre in 2005). Based on the correspondence between Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper, \u003cstrong\u003eI take your hand in mine...\u003c\/strong\u003e, has been translated and shown in cities around the world, from Mexico City to Shanghai. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarol has written two biographies: \u003cstrong\u003eAnton Chekhov: A Life in Four Acts \u003c\/strong\u003e(published by Smith \u0026amp; Kraus in 2013) and \u003cstrong\u003eActs of Courage: Václav Havel's Life in the Theatre\u003c\/strong\u003e (published by Smith \u0026amp; Kraus Global in 2005). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe has taught dramatic literature in the Department of Dramatic Writing at the New York University's Tisch School of Arts since 1993 and received the David Payne Carter Award for Teaching Excellence. In addition to her teaching at NYU, Carol serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School. She has taught theatre history at Columbia University, and has also lectured on Chekhov at The Yale School of Drama and Oxford University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarol has written about theatre for \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e American Theatre \u003c\/em\u003emagazine\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe is also the translator of the complete dramatic works of Anton Chekhov, published in several volumes: \u003cstrong\u003eChekhov: Four Plays, Chekhov: The Early Plays, \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eChekhov: The Vaudevilles\u003c\/strong\u003e. She has also adapted twenty Chekhov short stories for the stage, published in two volumes called \u003cstrong\u003eRubles \u003c\/strong\u003e(all published by Smitth \u0026amp; Kraus).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore coming to New York, Carol was founder and artistic director of the Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays at the Annenberg Center. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.43 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760902308128,"sku":"9781914228810","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/89f3bc567fbbf89274dfbe98c48204ec.webp?v=1780193709","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/crisis-the-theatre-responds-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}