Women in turmoil
six plays
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Author
Contributions
- Schanke, Robert A., 1940- - Contributor
Publication
2003 - Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
63,000 words, Guess
Page Count
252 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3554597M
- ISBN-100809325098
- OCLC Control Number49991400
- OCLC Control Numberwomeninturmoilsi0000acos
- Library of Congress Control Number2002008821
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- Goodreads563250
Classifications
- DDC812/.52
- LCCPS3501.C7 A6 2003
- LCCPS8000
Description
"In this first publication of six plays by the flamboyantly uninhibited author, poet, and playwright Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), theater historian Robert A. Schanke rescues these lost theatrical writings from the dusty margins of obscurity. Often autobiographical, always rife with gender struggle, and still decidedly stageworthy, Women in Turmoil: Six Plays by Mercedes de Acosta constitutes a significant find for the canon of gay and lesbian drama." "What notoriety remains associated with de Acosta has less to do with her writing than with her infamous romances with the likes of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Isadora Duncan, Alla Nazimova, Eva Le Gallienne, Tamara Karsavina, Pola Negri, and Ona Munson. Through this collection of six powerfully poignant dramas, editor Robert A. Schanke strives to correct myths about Mercedes de Acosta and to restore both her name and her literary achievements to their proper place in history."--Jacket.
Subjects
Genres
- Drama.
Series Statement
- Theater in the Americas
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