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Celebrated for his dizzying linguistic inventions, his experimental narratives, his biting social and political critiques, and his absurdist sense of humor, Mac Wellman has become one of America's leading avant-garde playwrights. In Cellophane, Wellman offers the eleven plays that he considers his most important: Albanian Softshoe, Mister Original Bugg, Cleveland, Bad Penny, Cellophane, Three Americanisms, Fnu Lnu, Girl Gone, Hypatia, The Sandalwood Box, and Cat's-Paw. Written between 1983 and 1998, they showcase Wellman's on-going exploration of the limits of language and the consequences of humanity in the postmodern world. "These plays," Wellman writes, "are about the heroism ordinary people must employ every day to keep on functioning with any certainty, with any pleasure or satisfaction, in an order of Being that has become unknowable, remote, a context of at best theoretical plausibility." Also included in this volume is his acclaimed essay on the theater, "A Chrestomathy of 22 Answers to 22 Wholly Unaskable and Unrelated Questions Concerning Political and Poetic Theater."

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"What Wellman does best Ýis¨ approach the mystery of things without succumbing to the mute darkness." -- Charles McNulty, Village Voice, reviewing a previous edition or volume "He is James Joyce reborn as a rap artist." -- Mel Gussow, New York Times, reviewing a previous edition or volume "In Cellophane the most mundane experiences are coupled with the most fantastic events, and the worst word usage is assembled, collage like, to bring out its subltest nuances. All this is done to understand life without trying to demystify it... Mac Wellman's plays are a delightful protest against smallness of being and narrowness of vision; taking on realism's inherent falsity, they let us see ourselves more truly. It remains up to us to change." -- Justin Maxwell, Rain Taxi, reviewing a previous edition or volume "Mac Wellman's Cellophane collects 11 plays of the most desirable kind of social protest... through the deepest kind of satire.... Mac Wellman's plays are a delightful protest against smallness of being and narrowness of vision; taking on realism's inherent falsity, they let us see ourselves more truly." -- Justin Maxwell, Rain Taxi "One of America's leading avant-garde playwright... Challenging to read, these theater pieces undoubtedly make for fascinating and unique stage experiences." -- Library Journal "What Wellman does best [is] approach the mystery of things without succumbing to the mute darkness." -- Charles McNulty, Village Voice, reviewing a previous edition or volume "He is James Joyce reborn as a rap artist." -- Mel Gussow, New York Times, reviewing a previous edition or volume "In Cellophane the most mundane experiences are coupled with the most fantastic events, and the worst word usage is assembled, collage like, to bring out its subltest nuances. All this is done to understand life without trying to demystify it... Mac Wellman's plays are a delightful protest against smallness of being and narrowness of vision; taking on realism's inherent falsity, they let us see ourselves more truly. It remains up to us to change." -- Justin Maxwell, Rain Taxi, reviewing a previous edition or volume "Mac Wellman's Cellophane collects 11 plays of the most desirable kind of social protest... through the deepest kind of satire.... Mac Wellman's plays are a delightful protest against smallness of being and narrowness of vision; taking on realism's inherent falsity, they let us see ourselves more truly." -- Justin Maxwell, Rain Taxi "One of America's leading avant-garde playwright... Challenging to read, these theater pieces undoubtedly make for fascinating and unique stage experiences." -- Library Journal "What Wellman does best [is] approach the mystery of things without succumbing to the mute darkness." -- Charles McNulty, Village Voice, reviewing a previous edition or volume


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  • ISBN-13: 9780801877131
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Plays
  • ISBN-10: 080187713X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2003
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 424


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