224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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According to Robert Brustein, the theater should be taken seriously as one of the fine arts, but it should also be considered a means to reflect on our world, times, and culture from a different perspective. However, this presents a great challenge—the masses must come to appreciate the theater as a means of leisure, but also one of learning. If Word Plays tickles your funny bone as well as... Read more
Introduction
I Literary Word Plays
1 The Contemporary American Theater
2 Arab Spring Forward, Fall Back
3 Theater and the University: Marriage or Misalliance
4 How to Love Your Country
5 Shakespeare's Absent Queen
6 School for Crime
7 Dynasties
II Dramatic Word Plays
1 Broken News
2 Poker Face
3 Airport Hell
4 Sex for a Change
5 Kosher Kop
6 Allies in Blunderland
7 The Comfort Zone
8 Gun Play
9 The Press Assess the Gettysburg Address
10 Moses and the Deep Red Sea
III Commendatory Word Plays
1 Wendy Wasserstein
2 Austin Pendleton
3 Justin Kaplan
4 Jonathan Miller
5 Blushing
6 Lewis Black
7 Mark Rylance
8 Todd London
9 Robert Kiley
Coda
Index
Biography
Robert Brustein
