Mama Dada: Gertrude Stein's Avant-Garde Theatre

ISBN-13: 9780415977234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 220 str.

Sarah Bay-Cheng

Opis

"Mama Dada" is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatric and cinematic avant-gardes. It explores her development of a unique playwriting esthetic based in avant-garde drama, cinema, and queer identity. This is the first study to examine in detail Stein's major plays--"Four Saints in Three Acts "(1927), "They Must. Be Wedded. To Their Wife." (1931)," Listen to Me" (1936), "Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights" (1938), "Yes Is for a Very Young Man "(1944-46), and T"he Mother of Us All "(1945-46)--and to distinguish between her major and minor dramatic works. It is also the first book to consider Stein's impact as a major influence on the American avant-garde, in particular her influence on The Living Theater, Richard Foreman, and Robert Wilson. Through close examination of her career and work (as text and in performance), Sarah Bay-Cheng aims to demystify Stein's drama and to connect her achievements to a larger historical and theoretical tradition in European and American theater.

Spis treści

General Editor's Note Acknowledgments Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 EYES ARE A SURPRISE: THE ORIGINS OF GERTRUDE STEIN'S DRAMA IN CINEMA Chapter 3 LISTEN TO ME: STEIN AND AVANT-GARDE THEATER Chapter 4 ATOM AND EVE: DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS Chapter 5 MY LONG LIFE: FINAL WORKS Chapter 6: AMERICA IS MY COUNTRY: GERTRUDE STEIN AND THE AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE Appendix A A Chronological List of Gertrude Stein's Plays Appendix B A Chronological List of Professional Productions Appendix C A Chronological List of Dramatic Adaptations Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

Sarah Bay-Cheng is Assistant Professor of English and Theater at Colgate University. She received her Ph.D. with distinction from the University of Michigan. She is in the process of relocating to SUNY, Buffalo. Her co-edited anthology with Bert Cardullo, The Fallen Staff: An Anthology of Falstaff Plays (2003) is forthcoming this year.