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. Introduction in her play the long christmas ride home. Paula vogel is an american playwright and professor. But as pulitzer prizewinner paula vogel demonstrates in her comic deconstruction. Waltz, desdemona, and baby makes seven, and the oldest profession. May 12, 2017 the playwright paula vogel first encountered god of vengeance in the nineteenseventies, as a graduate student at cornell. 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. Her foils and rapt listeners are the other integral and reimagined women of this shakespeare tragedy.
Indecent ebook download free by paula vogel formats pdf, mobi. A play about a handkerchief, goes even further in creating an audacious desdemona who proudly acknowledges her sexual exploits. 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. Dps offers an extensive list of titles that includes many of the most significant plays of the past century. Download pdf plays by paula vogel free online new books. 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. Online shopping at gearbest for the best cell phones, electronic gadgets, toys, sporting goods, home products and apparel for geeks at unbeatable great prices. 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. If youre unfamiliar with her though, i would recommend you start with how i learned to drive or the long christmas ride.
Paula vogels plays, including the pulitzerprizewinninghow i learned to drive, initiate a. Paula vogels plays include the baltimore waltz, mineola twins, hot n throbbing, desdemona, and baby makes seven, among others. 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. Morrisons play marks the third major play focusing on shakespeares desdemona composed by a modern female playwright, following desdemona. How i learned to drive paula vogel online script pdf adds, notice. Paula vogel having slept with othellos entire encampment, desdemona revels in her bawdy tales of conquest.
Why has paula vogel created a desdemona who, though ostensibly inside out, still appears to be othellos projection. This course will read some of shakespeares plays and his sonnets emphasizing a range of criticism and theory dealing with gender and sexuality. Desdemona draws on many of the conventions of feminist revisioning, it marks an important shift in. Sharon friedman argues that although paula vogels raucous desdemona draws on many of the conventions of feminist revisioning, it marks an important shift in the feminist critical perspective in drama as characterized by lynda hart, from discovering and creating positive images of women to analyzing and disrupting the ideological. Paula vogel is an american playwright and university professor. 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. 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. Desdemona a play about a handkerchief springs ensemble theatre. 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. Desdemonas frantic search for her infamous missing linen sparks vogels search for what it means to.
Having slept with othellos entire encampment, desdemona revels in her bawdy tales of conquest. Numerous critics analysed these plays using general feminist principles, i. 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. Paula vogel books author download ebooks pdf, mobi, epub. 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. A play about a handkerchief, is an intertexual examination of the female characters in shakespeares othello, which challenges the original male dominated script. A play about a handkerchief, is not a play about a handkerchief. A civil war christmas by paula vogel overdrive rakuten.
A play about a handkerchief, written by paula vogel and directed by senior avery wigglesworth, is a retelling of. 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. In 1975 and again in 1976 she won the heerbesmccalmon playwrighting award, and in 1978 she won the. 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. Paula vogel created a desdemona who, though ostensibly inside out, still appears to be othellos projection. The long christmas ride home by paula vogel overdrive. 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 action takes place in, so to speak, the interstices of shakespeares othello, showing what that plays three women get up to in the household laundry while the shakespeare plot takes place offstage elsewhere. Shakespeares tragedy othello and paula vogels desdemona a play about the. 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. Aug 02, 2015 paula vogels 1987 threehander, desdemona. The playwright paula vogel first encountered god of vengeance in the nineteenseventies, as a graduate student at cornell. How i learned to drive is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the road and l.
Think of rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead with less. 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. Other plays include the baltimore waltz, desdemona, and baby makes seven, the long christmas ride home, a civil war. 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. Sharon friedman argues that although paula vogels raucous desdemona draws on many of the conventions. Springs ensemble theatre opens its 5th season with desdemona. 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. As anyone who follows the theatre probably knows by now, the pulitzer prizewinning playwright paula vogel is making her broadway debut at the age of 65 with the play indecent. Pdf paula vogels feminist revisioning of desdemona. Former new york theatre critic, john simon, once remarked that paula vogel had more awards than a black sofa collects lint. 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. How i learned to drive paula vogel online script pdfadds. 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. Reperforming women and reconstructing the audience.
All three plays have highly divergent interpretations of the character of. In desdemona, paula vogels revision of shakespeares othello, we have a desdemona who is othellos worst nightmare, the transformation of lagos fiction into reality. 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. Indecent tcg edition kindle edition by vogel, paula.
I read the whole play in the library standing up in the stacks. 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. Feminism and feminisms an analysis of paula vogel and. Empowered female sexuality is achieved through endeavors that would. If youre unfamiliar with her though, i would recommend you start with how i learned to drive or the long christmas ride home instead. Desdemona by paula vogel plainkate the online portfolio. Desdemona, a play about a handkerchief the shakespeare. 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. 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. 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. Desdemonas challenge to othello borrowers and lenders. Desdemona is a fresh take on shakespeares othello but focuses on his wife, desdemona and her tales of conquest. Emilia, stuck both in a miserable marriage and conventional thinking, emerges as the most. The exploration of female characters in othello desdemona, emilia.
Paula vogels desdemona and postmodern feminist parody. Paula vogel has received numerous awards for her work. With her eerily timely indecent, paula vogel unsettles. The kennedy center american college theater festival will provide the award recipient with an allexpenses paid professional development opportunity. 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.
A play about a handkerchief and toni morrisons desdemona. 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. How i learned to drive the mineola twins, the baltimore waltz, desdemona. Sharon friedman argues that although paula vogel s raucous desdemona draws on many of the conventions of. 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. 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. 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. 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. Having slept with othellos entire encampment, desdemona revels in her ba. 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. Desdemona, a play about a handkerchief dramatists play service.
A play about a handkerchief, the baltimore waltz and other plays, the long christmas ride home, and baby makes seven acting edition, hot n throbbing, the mineola twins. Indecent ebook download free by paula vogel formats pdf. New york a circle repertory company presentation of a play in one act by paula vogel. Paula vogel s desdemona and postmodern feminist parody. 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 vogel award in playwriting the kennedy center. Think of rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead with less metaphysics. She does not write about these concerns, but instead examines how they have become framed as issuesas sensationalized topicsfocusing on the. Othello, but focuses on the formerly marginalized female. A play about a handkerchief, opening february 6th and running through february 23rd. Pdf reperforming women and reconstructing the audience. A play about a handkerchief is written by paula vogel, whose play indecent just played a successful run on broadway. She has taught at brown university in the mfa playwriting program since 1985. Introduction in her play the long christmas ride home, paula.
Sharon friedman argues that although paula vogels raucous. Paula vogels 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 postmodern experimentation with pastiche began almost twenty years before she became widely known for how i learned to drive. 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. 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. 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 vogels feminist revision of desdemonas exoticisation of the other. 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. She is chair of the playwriting department at the yale school of drama, and is playwrightinresidence at. Indecent is about the turn of the century yiddish play god of vengeance by sholem asch and the controversy within the jewish community of.
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