Lynne Alvarez: Collected Plays, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Lynne Alvarez (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1575251469 | ISBN-13: 978-1575251462 | Publication Date: October 1998

This collection includes introductory notes by the playwright and original cast and production information.

Editorial Reviews

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Alvarez was born of Argentinean parents in Portland, Oregon, but was raised in Michigan, and as an adult lived for a while in Mexico. Introducing her plays, Constance Congden quips that Alvarez speaks English with a Michigan accent and Spanish with a Mexican accent. The same could be said of the plays. Some--most notably the moody meditation on love, art, and power, The Guitarron (1983)--follow in the magical realist tradition of Garcia Lorca and JoseRivera. Others are written in the mythic realist manner favored by playwrights like Sam Shepard. All of them, however, feature Alvarez's loving, playful use of language--even her prose sounds like poetry--and her dead-on takes on human nature. The earliest plays in this collection were produced in the early '80s, the latest in the early '90s. Jack Helbig

Review

..the playwright herself incorporates dreams and symbolism into her brisk, vivid, dialogue-propelled dramas. -- Publisher's Weekly, September 14, 1998

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Smith and Kraus (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575251469
• ISBN-13: 978-1575251462
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,073,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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