UID:
almahu_9949434917302882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781003112563
,
1003112560
,
9781000800678
,
1000800679
,
9781000800609
,
1000800601
Series Statement:
Routledge series in equity, diversity, and inclusion in theatre and performance
Content:
"Plays of Our Own is the first anthology of its kind containing an eclectic range of plays by Deaf and hard-of-hearing writers. These writers have made major, positive contributions to world drama or Deaf theatre arts. Their topics range from those completely unrelated to deafness to those with strong deaf-related themes such as: a dreamy, headstrong girl surviving a male-dominated world in Depression-era Ireland; a famous Spanish artist losing his hearing while creating his most controversial art; a Deaf African-American woman dealing with AIDS in her family; and a deaf peddler ridiculed and rejected by his own kind for selling ABC fingerspelling cards. The plays are varied in style - a Kabuki western, an ensemble-created variety show, a visual-gestural play with no spoken nor signed language, a cartoon tragicomedy, historical and domestic dramas, and a situation comedy. This volume contains the well-known Deaf Theatre classics: Tales from a Clubroom, Sign Me Alice, My Third Eye, and A Play of Our Own. At long last, directors, producers, deaf and hearing students, professors, and researchers will be able to pick up a book of "Deaf plays" for production consideration, Deaf culture or multicultural analysis, or the simple pleasure of reading"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Plays of our own New York : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9780367632380
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003112563
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003112563
