Playwright and screenwriter Martin Sherman dramatizes outsiders--gay, female, foreign, disabled, different in religion, class or color--skipping over quicksand as they strive to survive. This book analyzes and evaluates Sherman's work, while correcting previously published errors and establishing the flavor of the critical debate. Devoting more attention to such internationally acclaimed works as Bent and Mrs. Henderson Presents, it also considers less well known and even unpublished and unproduced scripts as well as his working relationships with the luminaries of stage and screen who have appeared in, directed, and produced his plays and screenplays.…mehr
Playwright and screenwriter Martin Sherman dramatizes outsiders--gay, female, foreign, disabled, different in religion, class or color--skipping over quicksand as they strive to survive. This book analyzes and evaluates Sherman's work, while correcting previously published errors and establishing the flavor of the critical debate. Devoting more attention to such internationally acclaimed works as Bent and Mrs. Henderson Presents, it also considers less well known and even unpublished and unproduced scripts as well as his working relationships with the luminaries of stage and screen who have appeared in, directed, and produced his plays and screenplays.
Tish Dace spent 39 years in academia and 32 years as a New York theatre critic for publications on both sides of the Atlantic. She has served on the executive committee of the American Theatre Critics Association and the International Association of Theatre Critics and on the editorial board of The Best Plays. She holds the rank of Chancellor Professor Emeritus at UMass Dartmouth, which awarded her its Scholar of the Year Award in 1997.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Prologue: First Performance of Bent 1. Crucibles and Satires (1938-1960) 2. Songs (1960-1962) 3. Fat Tuesday (1963-1966) 4. Crises (1966-1972) 5. California Dreamin' (1973-1977) 6. Pink Triangles (1977-1979) 7. Bent on Broadway (1979-1980) 8. Rachel (1978-1984) 9. Isadora (1983-1988) 10. Vanessa Times Two (1986-1991) 11. Ian Again (1989-1991) 12. A Future in Film (1990-1993) 13. Magic (1994-1997) 14. Celluloid (1994-1997) 15. Dreams Fulfilled (1994-1997) 16. Judaica (1998-2000) 17. Italy (1999-2003) 18. India (2000-2002) 19. Oz (2001-2003) 20. Laura (2003-2005) 21. More Controversy (2005-2011) Appendices A: Bent on Stage B: Messiah on Stage C: When She Danced on Stage D: A Madhouse in Goa on Stage E: Rose on Stage F: Films on Screen G: Mrs. Henderson Presents on Screen Selected Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Prologue: First Performance of Bent 1. Crucibles and Satires (1938-1960) 2. Songs (1960-1962) 3. Fat Tuesday (1963-1966) 4. Crises (1966-1972) 5. California Dreamin' (1973-1977) 6. Pink Triangles (1977-1979) 7. Bent on Broadway (1979-1980) 8. Rachel (1978-1984) 9. Isadora (1983-1988) 10. Vanessa Times Two (1986-1991) 11. Ian Again (1989-1991) 12. A Future in Film (1990-1993) 13. Magic (1994-1997) 14. Celluloid (1994-1997) 15. Dreams Fulfilled (1994-1997) 16. Judaica (1998-2000) 17. Italy (1999-2003) 18. India (2000-2002) 19. Oz (2001-2003) 20. Laura (2003-2005) 21. More Controversy (2005-2011) Appendices A: Bent on Stage B: Messiah on Stage C: When She Danced on Stage D: A Madhouse in Goa on Stage E: Rose on Stage F: Films on Screen G: Mrs. Henderson Presents on Screen Selected Bibliography Index
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