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Maria Irene Fornes / Scott T. Cummings.

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Maria Irene Fornes is the most influential female American dramatist of the 20th century. That is the argument of this important new study, the first to assess Fornes's complete body of work. Scott T. Cummings considers comic sketches, opera libretti and unpublished pieces, as well as her best-...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Cummings, Scott T., 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge modern and contemporary dramatists.
Subjects:
Fornes, Maria Irene > Criticism and interpretation.
Theater > Production and direction > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Fornes, Maria Irene.
Theater > Production and direction.
New York (State) > New York.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • The 1960s. Getting started
  • Off-off Broadway: the good scene
  • Key play: Promenade (the apotheosis of Judson)
  • The 1970s. Finding a way
  • Key play: Fefu and her friends (turning over the stone)
  • The 1980s. Found
  • The PAJ plays
  • Key play: Abingdon Square (conquering the vagueness)
  • The 1990s. The night plays
  • Coming to an end.

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