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1、SARAHRUHLThispageintentionallyleftblankSARAHRUHLACriticalStudyofthePlaysJAMESAL-SHAMMAMcFarland&Company,Inc.,PublishersJefferson,NorthCarolina,andLondonLIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATIONDATAAl-Shamma,James.SarahRuhl:acriticalstudyoftheplays/JamesAl-Shamma.p.cm.Includesbibl
2、iographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN978-0-7864-5887-5softcover:50#alkalinepaper1.Ruhl,Sarah—Criticismandinterpretation.I.Title.PS3618.U48Z552011812'.6—dc222010054396BRITISHLIBRARYCATALOGUINGDATAAREAVAILABLE©2011JamesAl-Shamma.AllrightsreservedNopartofthisbookmaybereproducedortransmit
3、tedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopyingorrecording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.Coverimage:JosephParksasOrpheus,MariaDizziaasEurydiceandCharlesShawRobinsonasFatherinaconcludingsceneofEurydice,Ya
4、leRepertoryTheatre,2006(photographbyJoanMarcus)ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaMcFarland&Company,Inc.,PublishersBox611,Je›erson,NorthCarolina28640www.mcfarlandpub.comToWilliamDaviesKingThispageintentionallyleftblankTableofContentsPreface1Introduction5I—NavigatingSorrowinEuryd
5、ice13II—JokeasIncantationinTheCleanHouse38III—MelancholyPlague68IV—FallinginLovewithLongDistance:DeadMan’sCellPhone84V—ACowboyStew99VI—ApocalypseDeferred:PassionPlay111VII—AlternatingCurrentsofDesire:IntheNextRoomorthevibratorplay141VIII—OtherWorks177IX—Conclusion186Appendix:Chrono
6、logyofPlayPremieres197ChapterNotes199Bibliography203Index215viiThispageintentionallyleftblankPrefaceThisbookisthefirstfull-length,comprehensivestudyoftheplaysofSarahRuhl,whoisoneofthemostimportantAmericanplaywrightsworkingtoday.ItnotonlyintroducesreaderstoRuhl—italsoprovidesanin-dep
7、thanalysisthatwillbenefitstudents,theaterpractitioners,reviewers,librarians,andscholars.RuhliswidelystagedinregionaltheatersintheUnitedStatesandglobally,madeherBroadwaypremierein2009,andisunsurpassedamongfemaleplaywrightsintheUnitedStatesforfrequencyofproduction.Hersuccessiscritical
8、aswellascommercial;althoug
