The celebrated playwright, director, translator, lyricist, and seven-time Obie Award winner, has been an influential voice in American theatre for more than four decades and a highly-regarded teacher of playwriting. Includes: Mud, The Danube, Sarita, and The Conduct of Life.

Fornes early work is collected in this volume, including The Sucessful Life of 3, which was produced by the Judson Poets Theatre; Tango Palace, a San Francisco Actors Workshop production, directed by Herbert Blau; and Promenade, an Open Theatre production directed by Joseph Chaikin before going on to a successful Off-Broadway run. Dr. Kheal, A Viertnamese Wedding, and Molly's Dream round out the volume, demonstrating the continuity of Fornes's vision and technique."

This collection includes seven short plays based on Anton Chekhov's short stories: THE MAN IN A CASE by Wendy Wasserstein, VINT by David Mamet, DROWNING by Maria Irene Fornes, A DOPEY FAIRY TALE by Michael Weller, EVE OF THE TRIAL by Samm-Art Williams, THE TALKING DOG by John Guare, and RIVKALA'S RING by Spalding Gray. The plays were commissioned by the Acting Company, and the volume is of particular interest to those concerned with both the short story and short play forms. Some of the plays are faithful adaptations of the original stories. Others take the original short stories as jumping...