{"product_id":"9781472578822","title":"Ruth Maleczech at Mabou Mines : Woman's Work","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRuth Maleczech at Mabou Mines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jessica Silsby Brater\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstituting the first comprehensive look at Ruth Maleczech's work, Jessica Brater's companion is a landmark study in innovative theatre practice, bringing together biography, critical analysis, and original interviews to establish a portrait of this Obie-award winning theatre artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Tracing Maleczech's background, training, and influences, the volume contextualizes her work and the founding of Mabou Mines within the wider landscape of American avant-garde theatre. It considers her performances and productions, revealing both her interest in making ordinary women important onstage, and her predilection for resurrecting extraordinary women from history and finding their resonances within a contemporary theatrical context.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Brater considers Maleczech's investment in redrawing the boundaries of what women are allowed to say, both on stage and off, and shows how her commitment to radical artistic and production risks has reshaped the contours of a contemporary theatrical experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Highlights of the volume include discussion of productions such as \u003ci\u003eMabou Mines' Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDead End Kids\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHajj\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucia's Chapters of Coming Forth by Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Beads\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLa Divina Caricatura\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a close look at Maleczech's final work-in-progress, \u003ci\u003eImagining the Imaginary Invalid\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jessica Silsby Brater’s important \u003ci\u003eRuth Maleczech at Mabou Mines: Woman’s Work\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book devoted to the work of the legendary performer and director … The book offers not biography but rather a historicized thematic structure that provides illuminating connections between works … \u003ci\u003eRuth Maleczech at Mabou Mines: Woman’s Work\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant contribution to the growing body of scholarship on female artists who helped to found group theatres in the 1960s and 1970s and who have created in those groups influential interdisciplinary performances.” –\u003ci\u003eModern Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e“Jessica Silsby Brater’s examination of the life and work of Ruth Maleczech solidifies Maleczech’s role as one of the “Godmothers” of the US experimental theatre movement of the latter half of the 20th century … Brater’s documentation and survey of Maleczech’s achievements is a fitting tribute to a fearless pioneer of the American theatre.” - \u003ci\u003eTDR: The Drama Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472578822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596320354510,"sku":"9781472578822","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_adea99fd-8eb8-48a4-b3c2-be8863ba5b0a.jpg?v=1637854964","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472578822","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}