190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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Jack Gelber: Consider This explores the works of American playwright Jack Gelber (1932–2003), whose groundbreaking, immersive play The Connection (produced by The Living Theatre in 1959) served as the link between the Art Theatre/Beat Generation and the Off-Off-Broadway movement.
With The Connection, Gelber provided a Pirandellian framework in which actors playing junkies demonstrated... Read more
Introduction
1 The Connection and The Apple: Gelber’s Work with the Living Theatre
2 Square in the Eye and The Cuban Thing: Absurdist Domestic Dramas
3 Sleep, Barbary Jones, and Farmyard: Dreams, Adaptations, and Translations
4 Eat Shit: Jack Gelber’s New Play: Rehearsal and Starters
5 Underproduced: Gelber’s Work in the 1980s and 1990s: Rio Preserved, Chambers, Big Shot, Magic Valley,
6 Tough Love: Dylan’s Line (Jack Gelber's Last Play)
Conclusion: Consider This
Biography
John Patrick Bray is a playwright, screenwriter, and freelance anthology editor. He is a Professor and current Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Georgia, USA.
