Synopses & Reviews
An outstanding collection of 43 modern one-act plays and monologues, from Kobo Abe and Edward Albee to Wendy Wasserstein and Lanford Wilson.
Synopsis
Man who turned into a stick -- Finding the sun -- On Sundays -- Stops -- Jack Pot Melting: a commerical -- Naomi in the living room -- American Tropical -- Springtime -- Helpless doorknobs -- Life under water -- Four baboons adoring the sun -- The Problem -- The bay at Nice -- Protest -- Am I blue -- Our man in Madras -- Teeth -- Prodigal Son -- She Talks to Beethoven -- Linda Her -- Success -- Medusa's Tale -- Can Can -- A life with No Joy in It -- Chicks -- Prelude and Liebestod -- Camp Cataract -- Waking Women -- The last Yankee -- Tone clusters -- A Bond Honored -- Heatstroke -- Lines Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, Part II -- Cuban Swimmer -- Excerpts from Salve of the Camera -- Pleasure of Detachment -- Boundary -- Placebo -- Tender Offer -- Bye-bye Brevoort -- Chalky White Substance -- Testimonies -- The Moonshot Tape.
Table of Contents
The man who turned into a stick / Kobo Abe (tr. Donald Keene) -- Finding the sun / Edward Albee -- On Sundays / Lynne Alvarez -- Stops / Robert Auletta -- Jack pot melting: a commercial / Amiri Baraka -- Naomi in the living room / Christopher Durang -- American tropical / Richard Ford -- Springtime / Maria Irene Fornes -- Helpless doorknobs / Edward Gorey -- Life under water / Richard Greenberg -- Four baboons adoring the sun / John Guare -- The problem / A.R. Gurney, Jr. -- The bay at Nice / David Hare -- Protest / Vâaclav Havel (tr. Vera Blackwell) -- Am I blue / Beth Henley -- Our man in Madras / Gert Hofmann -- Teeth / Tina Howe --Prodigal son / Garrison Keillor.