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Over a brief, twelve-year career, the Iranian director and playwright Reza Abdoh broke all of the conventions of American theater, pushing actors and audiences past their limits to create hallucinatory, at times nightmarish, dreamscapes shot through with humor, song, and an unlikely spirituality. His productions addressed the bitter political realities of his time- the systemic devaluation of black life, governmental indifference to the AIDS crisis, sexual repression, genocide in Europe, and war in the Middle East-with harrowing eloquence. Just before his death he ordered that his plays should never be performed again. Profusely illustrated, the catalogue contains new essays on the influence and reception of Abdoh's works in theater, film, and video, published and unpublished interviews with the director, and conversations with his friends and colleagues, as well as scripts of his plays and contemporary reviews.Product Identifiers
PublisherElizabeth Wiet, Nick Mauss, Jennifer Krasinski, Hatje Cantz
ISBN-139783775745529
eBay Product ID (ePID)9046624736
Product Key Features
Book TitleReza Abdoh
AuthorTobi Haslett, Hilton Als, Dominic Johnson, Charlie Fox
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
Number of Pages576 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height300mm
Item Width230mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDominic Johnson, Tobi Haslett, Charlie Fox, Hilton Als
EditorNegar Azimi, Michael C. Vazquez, Tiffany Malakooti
Country/Region of ManufactureGermany