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Olivier Py: Four Plays

Theatres, Epistle to Young Actors, The Exaltation of the Labyrinth, Youth

David Edney (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
254 Seiten
2005
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3225-6 (ISBN)
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This anthology of four plays is the first publication in English of the work of Olivier Py (born in 1965). The volume includes introductions, a bibliography and notes, and, as an appendix, an article by Barbara Mason and Susan Mason, reviewing one of Olivier Py's plays.
This anthology of four plays is the first publication in English of the work of Olivier Py (born in 1965). Excess and a mixture of opposites characterize Py's dramatic universe, which presents the plight of young people today, searching for meaning in a world devoid of values and rife with violence. The dense poetic language is broken by contemporary colloquialisms, buffoonery punctures the characters' earnestness, and eroticism complements the preoccupation with spiritual matters. Presenting himself as a Catholic and a homosexual, Py flouts convention and challenges audiences, yet rewards their attention with striking theatricality and a resonance of significance that is unusual in modern theatre. The four works included in this anthology, Theatres, Epistle to Young Actors, The Exaltation of the Labyrinth, and Youth, are particularly suited to university and theatre schools, both for study and for production. Two of the plays were commissions for the French National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. The volume includes introductions, a bibliography and notes, and, as an appendix, an article by Barbara Mason and Susan Mason, reviewing one of Olivier Py's plays.

David Edney is Professor of French at University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. He is also editor and translator of Brigitte Jacques & Louis Jouvet's Elvira and Molière's Don Juan (University Press of America, 2003).

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 To Producing Theatres Chapter 3 Introduction: Olivier Py and His Plays; The Algerian War Chapter 4 Bibliography Chapter 5 Theaters Chapter 6 Epistle to Young Actors Chapter 7 The Exaltation of the Labyrinth Chapter 8 Youth Chapter 9 Appendices Chapter 10 Notes Chapter 11 About the Translator and Contributors

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.7.2005
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 167 x 235 mm
Gewicht 508 g
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Dramatik / Theater
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-7618-3225-4 / 0761832254
ISBN-13 978-0-7618-3225-6 / 9780761832256
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