Othello is a victim of his own temper and the conspiracies around him, but paula vogels reimagining of the play shifts focus from its tragic male to the true victim. If youre unfamiliar with her though, i would recommend you start with how i learned to drive or the long christmas ride. Indecent, created by pulitzer prizewinning playwright paula vogel vineyards how i learned to drive and the long christmas ride home and awardwinning director rebecca taichman familiar, stage kiss, is a deeply moving new play with music, inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 broadway debut of sholem aschs god of vengeance a play seen by some. Feminism and feminisms an analysis of paula vogel and. A play about a handkerchief, written by paula vogel and directed by senior avery wigglesworth, is a retelling of. Paula vogel s desdemona and postmodern feminist parody. In 1975 and again in 1976 she won the heerbesmccalmon playwrighting award, and in 1978 she won the american national theater and academy. She received the 1998 pulitzer prize for drama for her play, how i learned to drive.
Othello, desdemona has long been viewed as the victim of circumstance. A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man. All three plays have highly divergent interpretations of the character of. Emilia, stuck both in a miserable marriage and conventional thinking, emerges as the most. Waltz, desdemona, and baby makes seven, and the oldest profession. Indecent is about the turn of the century yiddish play god of vengeance by sholem asch and the controversy within the jewish community of. Sharon friedman argues that although paula vogels raucous. The playwright paula vogel first encountered god of vengeance in the nineteenseventies, as a graduate student at cornell. Pulitzer prize for drama, the lortel prize, obie award, drama desk award, outer critics circle and new york drama critics awards for best play, the long christmas ride home, the mineola twins, the baltimore waltz. She does not write about these concerns, but instead examines how they have become framed as issuesas sensationalized topicsfocusing on the histories and discourses that. Paula vogel is the eugene oneill professor adjunct of playwriting and former chair of the playwriting department at the yale school of drama. Having slept with othellos entire encampment, desdemona revels in her ba. A civil war christmas by paula vogel overdrive rakuten. Pdf reperforming women and reconstructing the audience.
Empowered female sexuality is achieved through endeavors that would. Paula vogels play how i learned to drive received the 1998 pulitzer prize for drama, the lortel prize, drama desk, outer critics circle and new york drama critics awards for best play, as well as earning vogel her second obie. Think of rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead with less. With her eerily timely indecent, paula vogel unsettles. Download pdf plays by paula vogel free online new books. Aug 02, 2015 paula vogels 1987 threehander, desdemona. A play about a handkerchief, opening february 6th and running through february 23rd. Other plays include the baltimore waltz, desdemona, and baby makes seven, the long christmas ride home, a civil war.
The exploration of female characters in othello desdemona, emilia. This course will read some of shakespeares plays and his sonnets emphasizing a range of criticism and theory dealing with gender and sexuality. Why has paula vogel created a desdemona who, though ostensibly inside out, still appears to be othellos projection. Shakespeare, new audiences, and twentyfirst century perfomances of the tempest by ann marie pleiss morris a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the doctor of philosophy degree in english in the graduate college of the university of iowa july 2011 thesis supervisor. Paula vogel is an american playwright and university professor. How i learned to drive paula vogel online script pdfadds. Written by pulitzer prizewinner paula vogel, author of how i learned to drive and the minneola twins, desdemona is the backside view of shakespeares othello. Othello, but focuses on the formerly marginalized female. In the tradition of tom stoppards rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead comes this smart, sexy, funny behindthescenes take on shakespeares othello from pulitzer prizewinner paula vogel the baltimore waltz, how i learned to drive.
How i learned to drive is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the road and l. Introduction in her play the long christmas ride home. Indecent ebook download free by paula vogel formats pdf, mobi. New york a circle repertory company presentation of a play in one act by paula vogel. Pulitzer prize for drama, the lortel prize, obie award, drama desk award, outer critics circle and new york drama critics awards for best play, the long christmas ride home, the mineola twins, the baltimore waltz, hotn. Desdemona is a fresh take on shakespeares othello but focuses on his wife, desdemona and her tales of conquest. A play about a handkerchief and toni morrisons desdemona. In 1975 and again in 1976 she won the heerbesmccalmon playwrighting award, and in 1978 she won the. Desdemonas challenge to othello borrowers and lenders. A play about a handkerchief 1993 by paula vogel, and goodnight desdemona good morning juliet 1988 by annmarie macdonald. Some of these include induction into the theatre hall of fame, thornton wilder award, lifetime achievement from the dramatists guild.
The kennedy center american college theater festival will provide the award recipient with an allexpenses paid professional development opportunity. A play about a handkerchief, goes even further in creating an audacious desdemona who proudly acknowledges her sexual exploits. In desdemona, paula vogel s revision of shakespeares othello, we have a desdemona who is othellos worst nightmare, the transformation of lagos fiction into reality. How i learned to drive the mineola twins, the baltimore waltz, desdemona. Sharon friedman argues that although paula vogels raucous desdemona draws on many of the conventions. A play about a handkerchief, written by paula vogel and directed by senior avery wigglesworth, is a retelling of shakespeares classic tragedy, focusing on the women who shakespeare left in the background. Indecent, created by pulitzer prizewinning playwright paula vogel vineyards how i learned to drive and the long christmas ride home and awardwinning director rebecca taichman familiar, stage kiss, is a deeply moving new play with music, inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 broadway debut of sholem aschs god of vengeance a play seen by some as a seminal. Paula vogel is one of my favorite playwrights, and desdemona is a decent play, and i would recommend you read it if youre a fan of her work. Sharon friedman argues that although paula vogel s raucous desdemona draws on many of the conventions of.
Introduction in her play the long christmas ride home, paula. Paula vogels plays include the baltimore waltz, mineola twins, hot n throbbing, desdemona, and baby makes seven, among others. Paula vogels plays, including the pulitzerprizewinninghow i learned to drive, initiate a. She has taught at brown university in the mfa playwriting program since 1985. Indecent tcg edition kindle edition by vogel, paula. Othello is a victim of his own temper and the conspiracies around him, but paula vogels reimagining of the play shifts focus from its tragic male to the true victim of the tragedy, his wife desdemona. During her two decades leading the graduate playwriting program and new play festival at brown university, vogel helped develop a nationally recognized center for educational theatre, culminating in the creation of the brown trinity repertory company consortium. Desdemona draws on many of the conventions of feminist revisioning, it marks an important shift in. Desdemonas frantic search for her infamous missing linen sparks vogels search for what it means to. A play about a handkerchief, which just opened at the boxcar theatre, paula vogel imagines what would happen if desdemona were guiltyif not of the specific infidelity othello suspects her of, then of every other infidelity available on the island of cyprus. Paula vogel s plays, including the pulitzerprizewinninghow i learned to drive, initiate a conversation with contemporary culture, staging vexed issues like domestic violence, pornography, and aids.
Paula vogels plays include how i learned to drive winner of the pulitzer prize, obie, drama desk, and new york drama critics awards, the long christmas ride home, the mineola twins, the baltimore waltz, hot n throbbing, and desdemona. Numerous critics analysed these plays using general feminist principles, i. I read the whole play in the library standing up in the stacks. May 19, 2014 othello is one of shakespeares most beloved tragedies, a play that reveals a very true image of the human condition with jealousy, passion and betrayal. How i learned to drive, indecent, the mammary plays. Vogel will be the resident playwright during the signature theatres 200405 season dedicated to her works. Former new york theatre critic, john simon, once remarked that paula vogel had more awards than a black sofa collects lint.
Paula vogel books author download ebooks pdf, mobi, epub. The plays use of the postcolonial trope of exotifiying the other is exemplified by desdemona who uses her sexuality in order to shift the power dynamic to favor her as the woman. How i learned to drive paula vogel online script pdf adds, notice. Paula vogels postmodern experimentation with pastiche began almost twenty years before she became widely known for how i learned to drive. Her foils and rapt listeners are the other integral and reimagined women of this shakespeare tragedy. Desdemona by paula vogel plainkate the online portfolio. Think of rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead with less metaphysics. Othello is one of shakespeares most beloved tragedies, a play that reveals a very true image of the human condition with jealousy, passion and betrayal.
A play about a handkerchief is written by paula vogel, whose play indecent just played a successful run on broadway. In desdemona, paula vogels revision of shakespeares othello, we have a desdemona who is othellos worst nightmare, the transformation of lagos fiction into reality. Paula vogel created a desdemona who, though ostensibly inside out, still appears to be othellos projection. She is chair of the playwriting department at the yale school of drama, and is playwrightinresidence at. Paula vogels feminist revision of desdemonas exoticisation of the other. Springs ensemble theatre opens its 5th season with desdemona. Paula vogels desdemona and postmodern feminist parody. However, as elizabeth gruber points out, though desdemona redresses the marginalization of female characters in shakespeares play, vogels text also offers a piercing critique of.
Dramatists play service, one of the premier playlicensing and theatrical publishing agencies in the world, was formed in 1936 to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works. Desdemona a play about a handkerchief springs ensemble theatre. If youre unfamiliar with her though, i would recommend you start with how i learned to drive or the long christmas ride home instead. A longtime teacher, vogel spent the bulk of her academic career from 1984 to 2008 at brown university, where she served as adele kellenberg seaver professor in creative writing, oversaw its. Paula vogels newest work traces the trajectory of the shows success through its tour in europe to its abrupt and explosive demise on broadway in 1923including the arrest of the entire productions cast and crew. The long christmas ride home by paula vogel overdrive. Shakespeares tragedy othello and paula vogels desdemona a play about the. Paula vogel is an american playwright and professor. But as pulitzer prizewinner paula vogel demonstrates in her comic deconstruction. Desdemona, a play about a handkerchief the shakespeare. You dont see a lot of shows with only female casts, wigglesworth said. Pdf paula vogels feminist revisioning of desdemona. This principle is epitomized in paula vogels desdemona.
Paula vogel award in playwriting the kennedy center. Paula vogel has received numerous awards for her work. But as pulitzer prizewinner paula vogel demonstrates in her comic deconstruction of shakespeares playaligning tongueincheek humor while raising serious questions as to the role of women through the agesdesdemona was far from the quivering naif weve all come to know. Online shopping at gearbest for the best cell phones, electronic gadgets, toys, sporting goods, home products and apparel for geeks at unbeatable great prices. Lesbian representation in three late 20thcentury plays by american women explores the relationship between the lived experiences of lgbt people especially lesbians and bisexual women and staged depictions thereof. Paula vogel having slept with othellos entire encampment, desdemona revels in her bawdy tales of conquest.
Other plays include the baltimore waltz, desdemona, and baby makes seven, the long christmas ride home, a civil war christmas, and don juan comes home from iraq. Paula vogel is a pulitzer prizewinning playwright whose plays include indecent tony award for best play, how i learned to drive broadway production set for spring 2020. I read the original play by sholem asch a few months ago, so was somewhat prepared for your version, but you bring such outstanding creativity by blending the real life situations of the cast and involved persons with one of the major themes of the play the lesbianism that i was thoroughly entertained and also moved to tears. A play about a handkerchief, is not a play about a handkerchief. A longtime teacher, vogel spent the bulk of her academic career from 1984 to 2008 at brown university, where she served as adele kellenberg seaver professor in creative writing, oversaw its playwriting program, and helped found the brown. It upends the audiences expectations and predilections about othello with an oversexed desdemona and a bianca that wants nothing more than to give up whoring and settle down in a suburban marriage. Having slept with othellos entire encampment, desdemona revels in her bawdy tales of conquest. However, as elizabeth gruber points out, though desdemona redresses the marginalization of female characters in shakespeares play, vogel s text also offers a piercing critique of. Dps offers an extensive list of titles that includes many of the most significant plays of the past century. Paula vogel born november 16, 1951 is an american playwright who received the 1998 pulitzer prize for drama for her play how i learned to drive. Reperforming women and reconstructing the audience. Indecent ebook download free by paula vogel formats pdf.
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