{"product_id":"crisis-the-theatre-responds-hardcover","title":"Crisis: The Theatre Responds - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Rocamora\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new book by Dr Carol Rocamora (New York University's Tisch School of the Arts) explores the courageous playwrights of the world who used the stage as a platform to address crises of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e centuries. From Bertolt Brecht to present day playwrights, Carol Rocamora discusses how theatre has addressed crises from World War II to the present, including war, apartheid, communism, authoritarianism, racism, immigrant and refugee issues, environmental peril, and the pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Carol Rocamora\u003c\/strong\u003e is a New York-based author and educator with a rich and extensive background in the theatre. She is a respected translator, playwright, biographer, and critic. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarol's play \u003cstrong\u003eI take your hand in mine...\u003c\/strong\u003e premiered in London in 2001 at London's Almeida Theatre with Paul Scofield and Irene Worth in the original cast, directed by Jonathan Kent. The play was next seen in Paris in 2003 at the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord directed, by Peter Brook, starring his wife Natasha Parry and Michel Picoli. (It toured for two years before appearing in London's Barbican Centre in 2005). Based on the correspondence between Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper, \u003cstrong\u003eI take your hand in mine...\u003c\/strong\u003e, has been translated and shown in cities around the world, from Mexico City to Shanghai. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarol has written two biographies: \u003cstrong\u003eAnton Chekhov: A Life in Four Acts \u003c\/strong\u003e(published by Smith \u0026amp; Kraus in 2013) and \u003cstrong\u003eActs of Courage: V當lav Havel's Life in the Theatre\u003c\/strong\u003e (published by Smith \u0026amp; Kraus Global in 2005). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe has taught dramatic literature in the Department of Dramatic Writing at the New York University's Tisch School of Arts since 1993 and received the David Payne Carter Award for Teaching Excellence. In addition to her teaching at NYU, Carol serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School. She has taught theatre history at Columbia University, and has also lectured on Chekhov at The Yale School of Drama and Oxford University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarol has written about theatre for \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e American Theatre \u003c\/em\u003emagazine\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe is also the translator of the complete dramatic works of Anton Chekhov, published in several volumes: \u003cstrong\u003eChekhov: Four Plays, Chekhov: The Early Plays, \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eChekhov: The Vaudevilles\u003c\/strong\u003e. She has also adapted twenty Chekhov short stories for the stage, published in two volumes called \u003cstrong\u003eRubles \u003c\/strong\u003e(all published by Smitth \u0026amp; Kraus).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore coming to New York, Carol was founder and artistic director of the Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays at the Annenberg Center. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47407969173682,"sku":"9781914228742","price":49.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/34e5a1d6507676bc838c0ee47ee0b577.webp?v=1778233354","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/crisis-the-theatre-responds-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}