ebook img

Black Medea: Adaptations for Modern Plays PDF

357 Pages·2013·0.823 MB·English
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview Black Medea: Adaptations for Modern Plays

Black Medea Black Medea Adaptations for Modern Plays EDITED BY KEVIN J. WETMORE, Jr.             Cambria Contemporary Global Performing Arts Series (General Editor: John M. Clum) Copyright 2013 Cambria Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to: [email protected], or mailed to: Cambria Press University Corporate Centre, 100 Corporate Parkway, Suite 128 Amherst, NY 14226 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data    Black Medeas / edited by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. p. cm. (Cambria studies in contemporary global performing arts series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60497-865-0 (alk. paper) 1. Medea (Greek mythology)--Drama. [1. Euripides. Medea.-- Adaptations.] I. Wetmore, Kevin J., 1969- editor of compilation. PA3973.M4W48 2013 882'.01--dc23 2013037561 To Kiki Gounaridou and Joel Tansey, with admiration and friendship Table of Contents Acknowledgments............................................................ ix Introduction: Medea the Outsider/ Medea as a Woman of Color................................................................... 1 Chapter 1: African Medea................................................... 15 Play 1: African Medea....................................................... 19 Interview 1: An Interview with Jim Magnuson.......................... 67 Chapter 2: Black Medea...................................................... 71 Play 2: Black Medea.......................................................... 75 Interview 2: An Interview with Father Ernest Ferlita, SJ............... 123 Chapter 3: Pecong........................................................... 127 Play 3: Pecong............................................................... 131 Interview 3: An Interview with Steve Carter........................... 219 Chapter 4: There Are Women Waiting The Tragedy of Medea Jackson.......................................................... 223 Play 4: There Are Women Waiting The Tragedy of Medea Jackson.............................................................. 227 Chapter 5: American Medea............................................... 241 Play 5: American Medea.................................................... 245 Interview 4: An Interview with Silas Jones............................. 289 Chapter 6: Medea, Queen of Colchester................................... 293 Play 6: Medea, Queen of Colchester....................................... 297 viii Black Medea Interview 5: An Interview with Marianne McDonald.................. 335 Bibliography................................................................. 339 Index.......................................................................... 341 Acknowledgments An anthology is always the work of many hands, but this volume would have been impossible without the contributions and support of a large number of individuals and institutions, to which I am truly grateful. Thanks to the playwrights for their generosity with material, time and insights: Father Ernest Ferlita, S.J., Steve Carter, Jim Magnuson, Marianne McDonald, Silas Jones, and Edris Cooper. Thanks as well to Rhodessa Jones, Paul Kuritz, and Kiki Gounaridou for their instruction, inspiration and work. Thanks to Daniel Banks for the same. Thanks to John Clum, Toni Tan, and the good folks at Cambria Press. Thanks as well to the anonymous readers for the suggestions to improve the volume. Thanks to Ed Krieger for the use of the cover photo. Thanks to my assistant Brianna Berlen, who aided greatly in putting together the play texts. Thanks to Loyola Marymount University, William H. Hannon Library, College of Communication and Fine Arts, the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, my colleagues, especially Katharine Free, Anna-Krajewska-Wieczorek, Matthew Dillon, and Kelly Younger.

See more

The list of books you might like

Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.