[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Modern Theater - The Milieu and Two Plays

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
c Library focuses on theater in modern times. One book looks at the g=
eneral milieu while the other two are plays written on very contempor=
ary themes.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main =
Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
. Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to res=
erve any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, c=
all 216-623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


Upstaged: Making Theatre in the Media Age.
Anne Nicholson Weber.
Routledge, 2006.
(PN2020 .U67 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0878301860
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
Weber interviews twenty-four actors, playwrights, theater directors, =
and other professionals. "In conversations that range from close-ups =
to cultural imperialism, microphones to myth-making, sitcoms to Shake=
speare, and vocal technique to voyeurism, these thoughtful observers =
illuminate the struggle of making a living versus making art; the mod=
ern audience's preference for images over words and for technology ov=
er the human body; and the imperative that theatre plays to its essen=
tial strengths of language, metaphor, immediacy, and community." -- f=
rom back cover


 Trashed.
No=EBl Greig.
Aurora Metro Press, 2004.
(PR6057.R3935 T73 2004)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0954691229
(Link includes cover art and summary)
"Ruhela and Louisa are connected by catastrophe. Separated by culture=
, belief and the Atlantic Ocean, their lives collide as the planes cr=
ash into the Twin Towers...Trashed was commissioned and first produce=
d by Theatre Centre." -- from back cover


I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady Fr=
om Rwanda.
Sonja Linden.
Aurora Metro Press, 2004.
(PR6112.I53 I2 2004)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0954691237
(Link includes cover art and summary)
"Inspired by the real life experiences of Rwandan refugees in the UK,=
 the play tells the story of two people entirely different worlds who=
 meet at a Refugee Centre in London: Juliette is a young Rwandan asyl=
um seeker...Simon is a middle-aged failing novelist...The play follow=
s their funny and touching relationship and tackles issues that face =
many refugees who live in the UK today." -- back cover


Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET =
library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
s, Cleveland, Peninsula, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the =
link provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org