Winter Passages is Robert Brustein's nineteenth book of criticism. It includes his considerations of culture and politics over the past four years of American life, demonstrating how the imperfections of the government and economy have plunged the country into an artistic winter in which there is a troubling lack of support for, and understanding of, America's arts and artists.
In a section on "Cultural Passages," Brustein includes chapters on compromised theatre institutions, auteur productions, the American musical, generational idiosyncrasies, and China's growing theatre...
Winter Passages is Robert Brustein's nineteenth book of criticism. It includes his considerations of culture and politics over the past fo...
Nominee for 2008 Pulitzer Prize. "The English Channel" examines the murky relationship between great writers and their proclivity to "borrow" ideas and material, tracing Shakespeare's relationship with The Earl of Southampton, the Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Christopher Marlowe during the turbulent months before Marlowe's death. "The English Channe" is the first piece in a trilogy of plays by Robert Brustein about the life of Shakespeare. The second installment is "Mortal Terror" followed by "The Last Will."
Nominee for 2008 Pulitzer Prize. "The English Channel" examines the murky relationship between great writers and their proclivity to "borrow" ide...
"The Last Will" finds William Shakespeare retired at his country home on Stratford after decades of struggle and success in the city of London. In the last stages of a fatal illness, his deteriorating mind obliterates the distinction between fiction and fact, and the playwright begins acting as a character in his own plays. Richard Burbage, leader of Shakespeare's acting company, attempts to persuade him to return to London and to playwriting, as Will wrestles with his suspicions, delusions, family resentment, and final testaments. "The Last Will" is the final piece in a trilogy of plays...
"The Last Will" finds William Shakespeare retired at his country home on Stratford after decades of struggle and success in the city of London. In the...
"Mortal Terror" is set in 1605, the year of the Gunpowder Plot, a terrorist conspiracy to blow up the houses of Parliament. Shakespeare, delicately balancing his allegiances to assure his own survival, is commissioned by King James to write a play to justify his right to the throne. That play is Macbeth. "Mortal Terror" is the second piece in a trilogy of plays by Robert Brustein about the life of Shakespeare. The trilogy begins with The English Channel and concludes with The Last Will.
"Mortal Terror" is set in 1605, the year of the Gunpowder Plot, a terrorist conspiracy to blow up the houses of Parliament. Shakespeare, delicately ba...
