Emily Mann
Auteur de Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years [play]
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: McCarter Theatre Center
Œuvres de Emily Mann
The Guardian Guide to Baking 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from More Than 70 Playwrights (1987) — Contributeur — 177 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1952-04-12
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 268
- Popularité
- #86,166
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 15
First performed in May 2007 at the McCarter Theatre Centre, this play comprises of two acts and an interesting overlap of settings and dialogue. Throughout the play, the audience is juxtaposed between 1861 Illinois with Elizabeth's incarceration in the Jacksonville Insane Asylum against her will on her husband's word and the 1864 Kankakee City Illinois courtroom where a judge and jury hear witnesses attesting to Elizabeth's sanity and insanity.
Religion (the battle against old school Calvinist teachings), theology, the rights of women and the lack of humane treatment of patients of the time period play a large role here. This is a passionate play that is designed to awaken raw emotions in the audience to the shocking oppression that occurred. According to the ensemble listing, this play can be performed with only 4 male, 5 female and a few ensemble members to play all the roles. I believe the overlap of two scenes at the same time probably works better performed than in written form.
Overall, a very interesting play that was a bit of a shock to read. For those of you interested in Elizabeth's life story, the Wikipedia article provides a good summary of her life as it was presented in the play, with the play delving more into the possible mindset of Elizabeth while committed and the experiences of the inmates she encountered during her time there.… (plus d'informations)