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Chargement... The Twilight Zone (Oberon Modern Plays)par Anne Washburn
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Between light and shadow, science and superstition, fear and knowledge is a dimension of imagination. An area we call the Twilight Zone.Adapted by Anne Washburn (Mr Burns) and directed by Olivier Award-winner Richard Jones, this world premiere production of the acclaimed CBS Television Series The Twilight Zone lands on stage for the first time in its history. Or its present. Or its future.Stage magic and fantasy unite as the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Anne Washburn's plays include10 out of 12, Antlia Pneumatica, Apparition, The Ladies, I Have Loved Strangers, The Communist Dracula Pageant, and transadaptations of Euripides'Orestes andIphigenia in Aulis. Her plays have been produced in the US, and internationally. She is an associated artist with Obie award winning groups 13P, The Civilians and New Georges, and is an alumna of New Dramatists.Mr BurnsandThe Internationalistare also published by Oberon Books. Rod Serling(1924-1975) was born in Syracuse, NY and grew up in Binghamton. He createdThe Twilight Zoneand the show debuted in 1959. CBS would air 156 episodes, an astonishing 92 of which were written by Serling over its five year run. He won six Emmys over the course of his career. Charles Beaumont(1929-1967) was a prolific American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres. He is perhaps best remembered as the writer of many classicTwilight Zoneepisodes (many of them based upon his own short stories). Best-selling novelist Dean R. Koontz has said, "[Charles Beaumont was] one of the seminal influences on writers of the fantastic and macabre." Richard Matheson(1926-2013) is the author of many classic novels and short stories. In addition to books, he wrote prolifically for television (includingThe Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Star Trek) and numerous feature films. Many of Matheson s novels and stories have been made into movies, includingI Am Legend. His many awards include the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards for Lifetime Achievement, the Hugo Award, and in 2010 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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That being said, this adaptation is definitely an interesting way of tying together a bunch of disparate episodes of "The Twilight Zone" into some kind of coherent two hour play. It's very disjointed and it takes some time to get used to how Washburn is telling the story, but in that very disjointed nature lies one of the best examinations of this fictional Twilight Zone.
It's always been sort of implied that many of the stories presented in the original series could have taken place in the same weird, otherworldly universe, but this play goes a long way toward making that explicit. The way the narrator appears and disappears, how different characters randomly zone out and start reciting some of the famous Twilight Zone monologue, how various characters from different episodes all interact with each other, and even the very last scene of the play all work together to give audiences a better glimpse at the actual Twilight Zone. It's this weird realm where anything is possible and time doesn't matter and all these different things happen at once and also don't happen. It's a clever way to bring these stories to the stage without just doing a series of one act plays.
It's a bit of a confusing read, but once you get the hang of the style, it's pretty enjoyable. I can only imagine how fun it would be to watch. (