Schechner Plays

edited by Richard Schechner
introduction by Márta Minier

Intellect Books, 2025
Cloth: 978-1-83595-094-4

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

The only collection of Richard Schechner’s plays.

This book offers a collection of Richard Schechner’s performance texts ranging from orthodox plays to group-devised texts. Covering the full breadth of his work from the 1950s to the present, it includes several never-before-published early texts as well as updated versions of well-known productions such as Dionysus in 69, YokastaS, Makbeth, and Imagining O. Márta Minier's introduction gives an overview of Schechner's work, while Schechner introduces each script in terms of their intellectual and production contexts.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Preface by Richard Schechner

Introduction by Marta Minier

1 Imagining O

Introduction

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2 YokastaS co-author Saviana Stanescu

Introduction

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3 Faust/gastronome

Introduction

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4 The Prometheus Project

Introduction

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5 Richard’s Lear

Introduction by Phillip Zarrilli

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6 Commune

Introduction

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7 Makbeth, After Shakespeare

Introduction

The Makbeth Maze by Brooks McNamara

Text

Makbeth Music by Paul Epstein

8 Dionysus in 69

Introduction

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9 Briseis and the Sergeant

Introduction

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10 The Blessing of the Fleet

Introduction

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11 “Lot’s Daughters”

Introduction

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12 “The Last Day of FK”

Introduction

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