Paula Vogel
Auteur de How I Learned to Drive
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Courtesy of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Œuvres de Paula Vogel
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- Nom canonique
- Vogel, Paula
- Date de naissance
- 1951-11-16
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA
- Études
- Cornell University (MA|1976|Ph.D|2016)
The Catholic University of America (BA|1974) - Professions
- playwright
- Relations
- Fausto-Sterling, Anne (wife)
- Organisations
- Yale University School of Drama
Brown University - Prix et distinctions
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1998)
Obie Award for Best Play (1992)
Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement (2017)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2006)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 2004)
Laura Pels Foundation Awards for Drama (1999) (tout afficher 8)
Robert Chesley Award for Lesbian and Gay Playwriting (1997)
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (1998)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 13
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 1,046
- Popularité
- #24,628
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 30
- Favoris
- 3
This was a powerful read about how a young girl tries to deals with incestuous overtures by her uncle, many made when he was purportedly teaching her how to drive. Although there's clearly one person who is fully responsible for her sexual assault, this play shows how a whole society contributes to this terrible tragedy with off-color jokes about the human body, jealous wives who blame the victim, a refusal to talk to teenagers about safe sex, using sexuality to sell products, etc. etc.
Although the subject material is difficult, I would be interested in seeing this play live some day if possible as Vogel's stage directions seem incredibly creative even when I wasn't able to fully conceptualize them. For instance, she calls for various street signs to show up at different times, for a trio of "Greek chorus" actors to pop in as assorted characters throughout the play, and so on.
Not for the faint of heart, but this is overall an important work.… (plus d'informations)