Global Foreigners: An Anthology of Plays (Enactments) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905422415 ISBN 13: 9781905422418

Publisher: Seagull Books, 2006

Synopsis

In Waxing West, Daniella, newly arrived in the US from Romania, is haunted by the ghosts of the deposed dictator Ceausescu and his wife Elena until she experiences 9/11. Thida San in Eyes of the Heart, cannot rid herself of the horrific memory of her daughter’s execution during the reign of the Khmer Rouge. In My Political Israeli Play, Miriam Bloom, a young Israeli woman living in the US, is asked by her agent to write a political play. America Dreaming juxtaposes a professor discussing the policies governing American colonists with the experience of a young Japanese woman in the US during World War II. The Black Eyed skewers traditional views on sex, family and terrorism as four Arab women from different periods wait at the ‘Gates of Martyrs.’

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Book Description

This anthology of plays reflects a broad range of viewpoints and experiences from women of different nationalities. In Waxing West, a woman newly arrived in the US from Romania is haunted by the ghosts of the deposed dictator Ceausescu until she experiences 9/11. In Eyes of the Heart, a woman is tormented by memories of her daughter's execution by the Khmer Rouge. In My Political Israeli Play, a young Israeli woman living in the US is asked by her agent to write a political play. America Dreaming juxtaposes a professor discussing the policies governing American colonists with the experience of a young Japanese woman in the US during World War II. The Black Eyed skewers traditional views on sex, family and terrorism as four Arab women from different periods wait at the Gates of Martyrs.

About the Author

Carol Martin is a Professor of Drama at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Martin’s recent books include Theatre of the Real (Palgrave 2013) and Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage (Palgrave cloth 2011, paper 2012). In addition, she is the guest editor of two special issues of TDR “Performing the City” (fall 2014) which  is part of her ongoing critical inquiry into the ways in which performance creates social and political meanings and contexts and “Documentary Theatre” (fall 2006)about her work on theatre about real events.

Saviana Stanescu is a poet and playwright, based in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1905422415
• ISBN 13: 9781905422418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Stanescu Saviana, Martin Carol