Description: Further DetailsTitle: Muse of FireCondition: NewSubtitle: Reflections on TheatreAuthor: Terrence McNallyContributor: Raymond-Jean Frontain (Edited by)Format: HardbackISBN-10: 1683932811EAN: 9781683932819ISBN: 9781683932819Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University PressGenre: BiographyTopic: Literary Criticism, Music Dance & Theatre, Language & ReferenceRelease Date: 12/15/2020Description: Acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally’s works are characterized by such diversity that critics have sometimes had difficulty identifying the pattern in his carpet. To redress this problem, In Muse of Fire, Raymond-Jean Frontain has collected McNally’s most illuminating meditations on the need of the playwright to first change hearts in order to change minds and thereby foster a more compassionate community. When read together, these various meditations demonstrate the profound ways in which McNally himself functioned as a member of the theater community—as strikingly original dramatic voice, as generous collaborator, and even as the author of eloquent memorials. These pieces were originally written to be delivered on both highly formal occasions (academic commencement exercises, award ceremonies, memorial services) and as off-the-cuff comments at highly informal gatherings, like a playwriting workshop at the New School. They reveal a man who saw theater not as the vehicle for abstract ideas or the platform for political statements, but as the exercise of our shared humanity. “Theatre is collaborative, but life is collaborative,” McNally says. “Art is important to remind us that we’re not alone, and this is a wonderful world and we can make it more wonderful by fully embracing each other. [. . .] I don’t know why it’s so hard to remind ourselves sometimes, but thank God we’ve had great artists who don’t let us forget. And thank the audiences who support them because I think that those artists’ true mission has been to bring the barriers down, break them down; not build walls, but tear them down.”Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 237mmItem Length: 161mmItem Width: 19mmItem Weight: 440gRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Muse of Fire
Title: Muse of Fire
Subtitle: Reflections on Theatre
Contributor: Raymond-Jean Frontain (Edited by)
ISBN-10: 1683932811
EAN: 9781683932819
ISBN: 9781683932819
Release Date: 12/15/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Muse of Fire : Reflections on Theatre
Number of Pages: 206 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Topic: Letters, Theater / Playwriting, Essays
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Performing Arts, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 15.6 Oz
Author: Terrence Mcnally
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
