{"product_id":"9781350147539","title":"The Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Amy Muse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Ruhl is one of the most highly-acclaimed and frequently-produced American playwrights of the 21st century. Author of eighteen plays and the essay collection \u003ci\u003e100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write\u003c\/i\u003e, she has won a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, been nominated for a Tony Award for \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Room or the vibrator play\u003c\/i\u003e and twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Clean House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Room\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuhl is a writer unafraid of the soul. She writes not about “this or that issue,” but “about being,” creating plays that ask “big questions about death, love, and how we should treat each other in this lifetime.” In this volume, Amy Muse situates Ruhl as an artist-thinker and organizes her work around its artistic and ethical concerns. Through a finely-grained account of each play, readers are guided through Ruhl's early influences, the themes of intimacy, transcendence, and communion, and her inventive stagecraft to dramatize “moments of being” onstage. Enriched by essays from scholars Jill Stevenson, Thomas Butler, and Christina Dokou, an interview with directors Sarah Rasmussen and Hayley Finn, and a chronology of Ruhl's life and work, this is a companionable guide for students of American drama and theatre studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmy Muse specializes in dramatic literature and performance studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department. She is the author of “Sarah Ruhl's Sex Ed for Grownups” (\u003ci\u003eText \u0026amp; Presentation 2013\u003c\/i\u003e) and essays on Romantic drama, intimate theatre, female Hamlets, and travel in \u003ci\u003eRomantic Circles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRomanticism: The Journal of Romantic Culture \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrontiers, \u003c\/i\u003eand other journals. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMETHUEN DRAMA CRITICAL COMPANIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries Editors:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Lonergan (National University of Ireland, Galway)\u003cbr\u003eand Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. (Loyola Marymount University, USA)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Muse’s generous and affectionate approach … might challenge some institutional notions of scholarship, but her critical methodology emulates and illuminates one of the hallmarks of Ruhl’s style, an ‘aesthetic of lightness.’ … For researchers, it provides an excellent overview of Ruhl’s canon. Playwrights looking to experiment with new forms will appreciate Muse’s detailed descriptions of the specific way that Ruhl constructs her plays.”  - \u003ci\u003eTheatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A comprehensive survey of Ruhl's plays to date … Provides valuable insight into Ruhl's unique theatricality and her ability to capture audiences and invite them into a work to experience the 'soulfulness' at its heart. The volume concludes with three critical essays, a useful chronology of Ruhl's life and work, and detailed notes.” —\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350147539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40735914426574,"sku":"9781350147539","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4e9caddd-cb36-4b41-8c66-3230c31a015d.jpg?v=1641275509","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350147539","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}