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New downtown now : an anthology of new theater from downtown New York / Mac Wellman and Young Jean Lee, editors ; introduction by Jeffrey M. Jones

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , c2006.Description: xv, 399 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780816647316

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DDC classification:

812.6 NEW

LOC classification:

PS634.2 .N49 2006

Contents:

Interim / Barbara Cassidy -- Tragedy : a tragedy / Will Eno -- Nine come / Elana Greenfield -- Sachiko / Madelyn Kent -- Enoshima island / Madelyn Kent -- The appeal / Young Jean Lee -- The vomit talk of ghosts / Kevin Oakes -- Ajax (por nobody) / Alice Tuan -- Apparition : an uneasy play of the underknown / Anne Washburn -- Demon baby / Erin Courtney.

Summary: New Downtown Now brings together ten new works that exemplify the playfulness, excitement, and possibilities of the theater. Though disparate in subject matter and style, these highly original plays share a commitment to formal experimentation that places them beyond the psychological cliches of the majority and the cold condescension of postmodernism. Book jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	812.6 NEW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		036906

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New Downtown Now brings together ten new works that exemplify the playfulness, excitement, and possibilities of the theater. Though disparate in subject matter and style, these highly original plays share a commitment to formal experimentation that places them beyond the psychological cliches of the majority and the cold condescension of postmodernism. Book jacket.

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