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Sinopsis
This previously unpublished verse-drama presents the life of world-renowned escape artist and illusionist, Harry Houdini. Part biography, part fantasy, the musical leads us from Houdini's childhood in Appleton, Wisconsin (picking up pins with his eyelids) to his acts under water and his travels abroad. With pathos and playfulness, song and dance, Muriel Rukeyser introduces us to Houdini's wife Bess and his mother Cecilia, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the poet's own Marco Bone. The musical presents Houdini's congressional testimony against spiritual mediums, and shows his great feats of escape, his complex relationships with his mother and his wife, and his ironic, untimely death on Halloween 1926.
Throughout this remarkable work, Rukeyser challenges the locks and constraints that imprison us all. She invites us to overcome whatever fears entrap us and - through the life of Harry Houdini - she shows us what it means to claim the freedom that is our birth right.
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Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) is one of our country's most influential yet overlooked writers. She published fifteen collections of poetry, plays, translations, children's books, and several works of nonfiction. Her "toys of fame" include the Yale Younger Poets Award, the Copernicus Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Shelley Memorial Award. From 1975-1976, she served as president of P.E.N. American Center.
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Houdini: A Musical (Paris Press)
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Paris Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1930464045
ISBN 13: 9781930464049
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Librería: Imperial Books and Collectibles, Wauwatosa, WI, Estados Unidos de America
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hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Stated First edition. Very Good red boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked. VG dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges. 150 pages. Script for the musical. Nº de ref. del artículo: 041498
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Houdini: A Musical
Librería: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 160 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock. Nº de ref. del artículo: __1930464045
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