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Ruth Maleczech at Mabou Mines: Woman´s Work
Jessica Silsby Brater
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Description for Ruth Maleczech at Mabou Mines: Woman´s Work
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Brater, Enoch; Taylor-Batty, Mark. Series: Methuen Drama Engage. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANB; ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
Constituting the first comprehensive look at Ruth Maleczech's work, Jessica Brater's companion is a landmark study in innovative theatre practice, bringing together biography, critical analysis, and original interviews to establish a portrait of this Obie-award winning theatre artist. Tracing Maleczech's background, training, and influences, the volume contextualizes her work and the founding of Mabou Mines within the wider landscape of American avant-garde theatre. It considers her performances and productions, revealing both her interest in making ordinary women important onstage, and her predilection for resurrecting extraordinary women from history and finding their resonances within a contemporary ... Read more
Constituting the first comprehensive look at Ruth Maleczech's work, Jessica Brater's companion is a landmark study in innovative theatre practice, bringing together biography, critical analysis, and original interviews to establish a portrait of this Obie-award winning theatre artist. Tracing Maleczech's background, training, and influences, the volume contextualizes her work and the founding of Mabou Mines within the wider landscape of American avant-garde theatre. It considers her performances and productions, revealing both her interest in making ordinary women important onstage, and her predilection for resurrecting extraordinary women from history and finding their resonances within a contemporary ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Methuen Drama Engage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472578822
SKU
V9781472578822
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Ref
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About Jessica Silsby Brater
Jessica Silsby Brater works in the Department of Theatre at Barnard College, New York, USA, and serves as a Teaching Artist at the Marymount School Drama Department in New York City. She is the founding Artistic Director of the Brooklyn-based company Polybe + Seats and holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA.
Reviews for Ruth Maleczech at Mabou Mines: Woman´s Work
Jessica Silsby Brater's important Ruth Maleczech at Mabou Mines: Woman's Work is the first book devoted to the work of the legendary performer and director ... The book offers not biography but rather a historicized thematic structure that provides illuminating connections between works ... [It] makes a significant contribution to the growing body of scholarship on female artists who helped ... Read more