Astonish me, adventures in contemporary theater.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lahr, John, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Viking Press [1973]
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Table of Contents:
  • Pageants: Orlando Furioso: Theater as "contact" sport. The theater of sports. 1789: The French Revolution year one. Andre Gregory's Alice in Wonderland: Playing with Alice
  • Playwrights: Pinter and Chekhov: The bond of naturalism. Joe Orton: Artist of the outrageous. Jules Feiffer and Sam Shepard: Spectacles of disintegration. Neil Simon and Woody Allen: Images of impotence. Mystery on stage. Heathcote Williams' AC/DC: Flushing the toilet in the brain
  • Performances: The Berrigans. Open theatre's Terminal. Open theatre's The mutation show. Ike and Tina Turner. Maurice Chevalier. E. Y. Harburg. Comden and Green. Lenny Bruce. Little Richard. Muhammad Ali: The last good-by.