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A major figure in the world of theater as critic, playwright, scholar, teacher, director, actor, and producer, Robert Brustein offers a unique perspective on the American stage and its artists. In this wise, witty, and wide-ranging collection of recent writings, Brustein examines crucial issues relating to theater in the post-9/11 years, analyzing specific plays, emerging and established performers, and theatrical production throughout the world. Brustein relates our theater to our society in a manner that reminds us why the performing arts matter.
Millennial Stagesrecords Brustein’s thinking on the important issues “roiling the national soul” at the start of the twenty-first century. His opening section explores the connections between theater and society, theater and politics, and theater and religion, and it is followed by reviews of such landmark productions as The Producersand Spamalot, Long Day’s Journey into Night and King Lear. In his final section, Brustein reflects on people and places of importance in the world of theater today, including Marlon Brando and Arthur Miller and Australia and South Africa.
目录
Acknowledgments p. xi
Introduction p. xiii
Positions and Polemics p. 1
No Time for Comedy p. 3
The New Relevance p. 8
Does Theatre Matter? p. 11
Maiming the Messenger p. 14
Words on Fire p. 16
The Rebirth of Political Theatre: The God of Hell; Democracy p. 21
When Dramaturgs Ruled the Earth p. 27
Red and Blue States of Mind: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Terrorism p. 36
Plays and Productions p. 43
Varieties of Histrionic Experience: Medea; The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui p. 45
Mind Over Material: The Invention of Love; Mnemonic p. 50
The Jew Who Buried Hitler: The Producers p. 55
The Harrowing of Hell: In the Penal Colony; Hamlet; and Hamlet p. 61
Angels in Afghanistan: Homebody/Kabul p. 67
Goat Song: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? p. 72
Comedy Is Harder: Private Lives; The Underpants p. 77
Prescient Plays: Far Away; A Number p. 82
Clever Ladies: Imaginary Friends; Adult Entertainment p. 87
Creations: Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night; Take Me Out; Our Lady of 121st Street p. 91
Dysfunctional Families, Dysgenic Dynasties: Salome; Gypsy; Long Day's Journey into Night p. 96
Smelly Orthodoxies: A Bad Friend; I Am My Own Wife p. 102
Shotover's Apocalypse: Omnium Gatherum; Anna in the Tropics p. 107
Palace and Garden: Maria Stuart; House and Garden p. 113
The Political Power of Puns: Caroline, or Change; The Beard of Avon p. 118
A King and Two Queens: King Lear; Valhalla p. 124
Homeboy Godot: Topdog/Underdog; Fortune's Fool p. 129
Pyrotechnics and Ice: Jumpers; Frozen p. 134
The Past Revisited: The Frogs; After the Fall p. 139
In the Jungle: Rose Rage; Hedda Gabler p. 144
Impersonations: Monty Python's Spamalot; Orson's Shadow; Julius Caesar p. 150
Prosecution Plays: Doubt; Romance; The Last Days of Judas Iscariot; The Pillowman; Thom Pain; The Light in the Piazza p. 156
Theatre of the Mushy Tushy: Le dernier caravanserail (Odyssees) p. 162
Lear's Landings: King Lear p. 167
People and Places p. 171
Marlon Brando: Contempt for Acting p. 173
Requiem for Jan Kott p. 180
Pieter-Dirk Uys: The Good Hope of the Cape p. 182
Theatre in Australia: The Cultural Cringe p. 186
Theatre in South Africa: Fronting p. 192
Mass MoCa: A Boom in the Boonies p. 203
Hallie Flanagan Davis and the Federal Theatre: Hallie's Comet p. 208
Suzan-Lori Parks: Does Race Matter? p. 218
Kenneth Tynan and Peter Brook: The Cavalier and the Roundhead p. 222
Shakespeare in Bloom: The Two Noble Kinsmen; Henry IV; As You Like It p. 228
George S. Kaufman: Keeping Company with Kaufman p. 234
Shakespeare's Geography p. 240
Primo Levi: The Saved and the Damned p. 245
The Death of Arthur Miller p. 250
Richard Gilman: Prisoner on the Aisle p. 253
Laurence Olivier and Elia Kazan: The Peer and the Pariah p. 259
Index p. 267
Introduction p. xiii
Positions and Polemics p. 1
No Time for Comedy p. 3
The New Relevance p. 8
Does Theatre Matter? p. 11
Maiming the Messenger p. 14
Words on Fire p. 16
The Rebirth of Political Theatre: The God of Hell; Democracy p. 21
When Dramaturgs Ruled the Earth p. 27
Red and Blue States of Mind: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Terrorism p. 36
Plays and Productions p. 43
Varieties of Histrionic Experience: Medea; The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui p. 45
Mind Over Material: The Invention of Love; Mnemonic p. 50
The Jew Who Buried Hitler: The Producers p. 55
The Harrowing of Hell: In the Penal Colony; Hamlet; and Hamlet p. 61
Angels in Afghanistan: Homebody/Kabul p. 67
Goat Song: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? p. 72
Comedy Is Harder: Private Lives; The Underpants p. 77
Prescient Plays: Far Away; A Number p. 82
Clever Ladies: Imaginary Friends; Adult Entertainment p. 87
Creations: Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night; Take Me Out; Our Lady of 121st Street p. 91
Dysfunctional Families, Dysgenic Dynasties: Salome; Gypsy; Long Day's Journey into Night p. 96
Smelly Orthodoxies: A Bad Friend; I Am My Own Wife p. 102
Shotover's Apocalypse: Omnium Gatherum; Anna in the Tropics p. 107
Palace and Garden: Maria Stuart; House and Garden p. 113
The Political Power of Puns: Caroline, or Change; The Beard of Avon p. 118
A King and Two Queens: King Lear; Valhalla p. 124
Homeboy Godot: Topdog/Underdog; Fortune's Fool p. 129
Pyrotechnics and Ice: Jumpers; Frozen p. 134
The Past Revisited: The Frogs; After the Fall p. 139
In the Jungle: Rose Rage; Hedda Gabler p. 144
Impersonations: Monty Python's Spamalot; Orson's Shadow; Julius Caesar p. 150
Prosecution Plays: Doubt; Romance; The Last Days of Judas Iscariot; The Pillowman; Thom Pain; The Light in the Piazza p. 156
Theatre of the Mushy Tushy: Le dernier caravanserail (Odyssees) p. 162
Lear's Landings: King Lear p. 167
People and Places p. 171
Marlon Brando: Contempt for Acting p. 173
Requiem for Jan Kott p. 180
Pieter-Dirk Uys: The Good Hope of the Cape p. 182
Theatre in Australia: The Cultural Cringe p. 186
Theatre in South Africa: Fronting p. 192
Mass MoCa: A Boom in the Boonies p. 203
Hallie Flanagan Davis and the Federal Theatre: Hallie's Comet p. 208
Suzan-Lori Parks: Does Race Matter? p. 218
Kenneth Tynan and Peter Brook: The Cavalier and the Roundhead p. 222
Shakespeare in Bloom: The Two Noble Kinsmen; Henry IV; As You Like It p. 228
George S. Kaufman: Keeping Company with Kaufman p. 234
Shakespeare's Geography p. 240
Primo Levi: The Saved and the Damned p. 245
The Death of Arthur Miller p. 250
Richard Gilman: Prisoner on the Aisle p. 253
Laurence Olivier and Elia Kazan: The Peer and the Pariah p. 259
Index p. 267
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