Joseph Chaikin & Sam Shepard: Letters and Texts, 1972-1984.

CHAIKIN, Joseph and SHEPARD, Sam.

ISBN 10: 0453006833 / ISBN 13: 9780453006835

Published by New American Library, NY, 1989

About this Item

Edited by Barry Daniels. First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 11652

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Joseph Chaikin & Sam Shepard: Letters and Texts, 1972-1984.
• Publisher: New American Library, NY
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0453006833
• ISBN 13: 9780453006835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • General Nonfiction II

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Synopsis

Letters between the director and playwright depict the development of their friendship and collaboration on theater pieces

Reviews

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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