America Hurrah and Other PlaysGrove Press, 2001 - 290 pages Jean-Claude van Itallie is one of the most distinguished playwrights of the American avant-garde. A keen deconstruction of American popular culture, the America Hurrah triptych served notice that here was a major new dramatic voice. America Hurrah and Other Plays is a definitive collection of the work of a major American playwright, with such works as Bag Lady, written in the voice of a deceptively insightful homeless woman; The Serpent, a fanciful interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve; The Traveller, which depicts a charismatic and brilliant artist recovering from a stroke; and van Itallie's dazzling play based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. |
Contents
America Hurrah | 25 |
The Serpent | 125 |
Eat Cake | 169 |
Bag Lady | 181 |
The Tibetan Book of the Dead | 197 |
The Traveler | 237 |
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AARON Abel Adam Ahhh Amitabha APPLICANT sitting APPLICANT standing Arphaxad begat sons birthday blah blinks breathing bulb Cain cake CHORUS Clara daughters dead doctor ELDER ACTOR facing the audience feel five actors floor mandala FOURTH APPLICANT FOURTH INTERVIEWER FOURTH WOMAN GEORGE goes good-bye hand hear HELEN Itallie Itallie's Jean-Claude van Itallie Jerome Dempsey JODIE Joseph Chaikin Krasha LADY Laurie Lear Opera light lived look Mama Merge MOIRA Motel MOTEL-KEEPER'S VOICE mouth my-self NANCY nice Nobly Born Okay Open Theater PAUL Phill Niblock play Ratnasambhava rock and roll scream SECOND APPLICANT SECOND INTERVIEWER SECOND WOMAN SERPENT Serug Shamash sing smile sorry sound speaks stage Steiff stop SULLIVAN SUSAN television tell Thank theater things THIRD APPLICANT THIRD INTERVIEWER THIRD WOMAN Tibetan Book Traveler's Vairocana walk watch What's woman doll women YOUNGER ACTOR