Schechner Plays

by Richard Schechner (Editor), Márta Minier (Introduction)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781835950944
Publisher:	Intellect, Limited
Publication date:	09/23/2025
Series:	Playtext
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Richard Schechner is a theater director, as well as editor of both TDR: The Drama Review and the Enactments book series. He is university professor emeritus in the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface by Richard Schechner                                                                                                                    

Introduction by Marta Minier

                                                                                                                                          

1 Imagining O

Introduction

Text

     

2 YokastaS  co-author Saviana Stanescu                                   

Introduction

Text

 

3 Faust/gastronome

Introduction

Text

                                                                                                                                                                          

4  The Prometheus Project

Introduction

Text

 

5  Richard’s Lear                                                                                                                       

Introduction by Phillip Zarrilli

Text

       

6  Commune                                                                                                  

Introduction                           

Text

 

7  Makbeth, After Shakespeare                                                      

Introduction

The Makbeth Maze by Brooks McNamara

Text

Makbeth Music by Paul Epstein

 

8  Dionysus in 69          

Introduction                     

Text

 

9  Briseis and the Sergeant                                                              

Introduction

Text

      

10  The Blessing of the Fleet                                                                               

 Introduction

 Text

 

11 “Lot’s Daughters”                                                                              

Introduction

Text

 

12 “The Last Day of FK”                                                            

Introduction

Text