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Book SynopsisEdward Albee as Theatrical and Dramatic Innovator offers eight essays and a major interview by important scholars in the field that explore this three-time Pulitzer prize-winning playwright’s innovations as a dramatist and theatrical artist. They consider not only Albee’s award-winning plays and his contributions to the evolution of modern American drama, but also his important influence to the American theatre as a whole, his connections to art and music, and his international influence in Spanish and Russian theatre. Contributors: Jackson R. Bryer, Milbre Burch, David A. Crespy, Ramon Espejo-Romero, Nathan Hedman, Lincoln Konkle, Julia Listengarten, David Marcia, Ashley Raven, Parisa Shams, Valentine Vasak
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Editors’ Introduction David A. Crespy and Lincoln Konkle Designing Edward/Edward Designing: A Brief History of Edward Albee’s Role in Theatrical Design David A. Crespy Theatrical Thanatology: Direct Address, Gestural Storytelling, and the Triple Goddess in Three Plays about Dying by Edward Albee Milbre Burch The Glee of Vulnerability: Becoming Kin with Edward Albee’s Goat Parisa Shams A Queer Reading of Love in Edward Albee’s Counting the Ways Ashley Raven Albee Stages Secular Epiphany Nathan Hedman Art Is a Hammer: Aura, Textual Awareness, and Comedy in Albee David Marcia Affecting the Lives of “Others”: The Journey of Albee’s Plays in the Soviet Union Julia Listengarten The (Mis)Representation of Edward Albee in Spain, 1963–2010 Ramón Espejo Romero Inside the Black Box: Albee’s Visual Aesthetics of Obscurity Valentine Vasak “I Trap People”: An Interview with Edward Albee Jackson R. Bryer Bibliography Index
