Schechner Plays

Richard Schechner

ISBN 10: 1835950949 / ISBN 13: 9781835950944

Published by Intellect, GB, 2025

A collection of performance texts ranging from orthodox plays to group-devised texts. The book traces from most recent to earliest Schechner's work as a 'writer' and a 'wrighter' - the author of plays and the conceptualizer and leader of teams of artists. The book includes several never before published early texts as well as updated versions of well-known productions such as Dionysus in 69, YokastaS, Makbeth and Imagining O. The earliest texts are from the 1950s the most recent from 2014.This book brings together for the first time Schechner's original plays and adaptations: Imagining O, YokastaS, Faust/gastronome, The Prometheus Project, Richard's Lear, Commune, Makbeth, Dionysus in 69, The Blessing of the Fleet, Briseis and the Sergeant, 'Lot's Daughters', and 'The Last Day of FK'. The scripts engage with perennial canonical themes, such as Oedipus and Faust and topical issues of our times. They embody Schechner's world-famous environmental theatre approach. Marta Minier's general introduction and Schechner's introductions to each play, set the scripts in their intellectual and production context. The book complements Schechner's other books which include Performance Studies: An Introduction (now in its 4th ed.), Performance Theory, Between Theater and Anthropology, The Future of Ritual, and Performed Imaginaries. Seller Inventory # LU-9781835950944

Synopsis:

The only collection of Richard Schechner’s plays.

This book offers a collection of Richard Schechner’s performance texts ranging from orthodox plays to group-devised texts. Covering the full breadth of his work from the 1950s to the present, it includes several never-before-published early texts as well as updated versions of well-known productions such as Dionysus in 69, YokastaS, Makbeth, and Imagining O. Márta Minier's introduction gives an overview of Schechner's work, while Schechner introduces each script in terms of their intellectual and production contexts.

About the Author: Richard Schechner is a theater director, as well as editor of both TDR: The Drama Review and the Enactments book series. He is university professor emeritus in the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. 

Bibliographic Details

Title: Schechner Plays
Publisher: Intellect, GB
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Hardback
Condition: New