Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard: Letters and Texts, 1

Joseph Chaikin

ISBN 10: 155936095X / ISBN 13: 9781559360951

Published by Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S., 1994

This absorbing collection of letters and monologues by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Sam Shepard and Obie Award-winning actor and director Joseph Chaikin provides an extraordinary opportunity to view the creative process of two of contemporary American theatre's great innovators. Insightful and fascinating.--San Francisco Chronicle. Seller Inventory # CIN155936095XA

Synopsis:

This absorbing collection of letters and monologues by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Sam Shepard and Obie Award-winning actor and director Joseph Chaikin provides an extraordinary opportunity to view the creative process of two of contemporary American theatre's great innovators. "Insightful and fascinating."--San Francisco Chronicle

From Publishers Weekly: Daniels, who teaches at Kent State, here collects everything you ever wanted to know (and more) about three collaborations between playwright Shepard and director Chaikin. The slim volume--featuring letters between the two, drafts of plays and Daniels's commentary--benefits from an academic's inclusiveness and a cultist's obsessiveness, yet the whole, surprisingly, exceeds the sum of its parts. The material reveals the plays in question ( Tongues ; Savage/Love ; The War in Heaven ) as collaborative in the best sense: we observe the excitement of dramatist and performers sharing and merging respective influences. However, in limiting himself to written documents, Daniels unfairly, if unintentionally, privileges Shepard; only audiotapes and/or videotapes of performances could fully represent Chaikin's contributions.
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard: Letters and ...
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair