Myth, Magic, and Farce: Four Multicultural Plays by Sterling Houston - Tapa blanda

Houston, Sterling

 
9781574411874: Myth, Magic, and Farce: Four Multicultural Plays by Sterling Houston
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ISBN 10: 157441187X ISBN 13: 9781574411874
Editorial: University of North Texas Press,U.S., 2005

Sinopsis

Sterling Houston is an innovative African American writer whose plays are known for biting social commentary combined with eye-popping theatricality. Despite many successful productions, his work has never before been widely available in print. The four plays in this collection represent Houston's full range of themes and styles. High Yello Rose deflates the Alamo myth by casting the heroes' parts entirely with women. Isis in Nubia is a love story that sets the Isis/Osiris myth in West Africa. Black Lily and White Lily is a realistic domestic drama exploring racial tensions. Miranda Rites returns to Houston's broadly farcical style, enacting Martha Mitchell's last days in a hospital, where she hallucinates about Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge, and is escorted to the underworld by Carmen Miranda.

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Acerca del autor

Born in San Antonio, Sterling Houston has spent thirty years in the theatre as actor, composer, and playwright. He is artistic director and writer-in-residence for Jump-Start Performance Co. in San Antonio, where he has premiered twenty plays since 1988. Sandra M. Mayo is currently Director of Multicultural and Gender Studies and Associate Professor of Theatre at Texas State University in San Marcos.

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Editorial
University of North Texas Press,U.S.
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
157441187X
ISBN 13 
9781574411874
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
128
Editor
Mayo Sandra M.
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