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- Book Synopsis
- A volume of plays by the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater. This volume features the two plays produced at The Public Theater in New York City that mark the culmination of Richard Foreman's unstintingly inventive, astonishing career in theatre, just as he was beginning to devote his creative energies entirely to filmmaking. 'There's an irresistible joy to reading these plays… examining them at leisure without the urgent propulsive forward movement of the theater, reveals beauties and resonances uniquely literary' Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater, from his foreword Plays for the Public includes: The Gods Are Pounding My Head! (AKA Lumberjack Messiah) 'Richard Foreman is the ultimate theater auteur and mind-roiling warlock of avant-garde drama… Gods is an extravaganza of tightly orchestrated hallucinogenic visual effects, bruising slapstick and intense, cryptic lines… It is majestically mad and funny' New York Times Idiot Savant 'Vintage Foreman: ravishing, perplexing, scary, a sensual and intellectual message for those weary of causality and psychology' Time Out New York Old-Fashioned Prostitutes 'What makes Mr. Foreman's work so entertaining is his ability to turn these classic, head-scratching concerns into phantasmagorical vaudevilles in which all the world's a stage that keeps changing shape on you… Mr. Foreman is a grandmaster' New York Times
- About The Author
- Richard Foreman has written, directed, and designed more than fifty of his own plays, both internationally and at his Ontological-Hysteric Theater, which he founded in 1968. He has received many OBIE awards, an NEA Lifetime Achievement Award, and a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781559365550
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group, (01 June 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 120
- Weight
- 180 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215 x 135 x 10 mm
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