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History Plays
by Charles L Mee
Highlights
Why we like it
"'History Plays' by Charles L Mee reimagines key historical events through the lens of personal stories, inviting audiences to connect deeply with the past."
From: Historical DramasSynopsis
A well established historian, Charles Mee is known in different circles as an avant-garde playwright whose caustic, anarchic plays are often based on historical events.
Mee's plays combine wickedly witty dialogue with slapstick comedy, seeking not so much to explain historical events as to show the mindlessness of those who make history.
His characters range from Hecuba to Wittgenstein to Claire Booth Luce to Joe Pesci; the settings from Carthage to Palm Beach.
Mee's plays have been produced at theaters including the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago; the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; and the Public Theater in New York City.
His collaboration with the choreographer Martha Clark, Vienna: Lusthaus, won the Obie Award for Best Play in 1986.
Publication
Publisher John Hopkins University
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 344
Place Baltimore, Md
Language English
ISBN-13 9780801857928
ISBN-10 0801857929
LCCN 97028922
LCC PS3563.E28 H57 1998
DCC 812/.54
History Plays is a American play written by Charles L Mee and published by John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md (1998).
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