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The Selected Plays of H

by H Cixous

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Four plays by Hélène Cixous in English translation

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Four plays by Hélène Cixous in English translation

This collection gathers four plays by Hélène Cixous, each presented in an English translation: *The Perjured City*, *Black Sail, White Sail*, *Portrait of Dora*, and *Drums on the Dam*. The volume makes these works available together and reflects Cixous’s connection to theatre-making with Théâtre du Soleil and director Ariane Mnouchkine. Its focus is the plays themselves and their translators, making the book a compact collection centered on Cixous’s work for the stage.

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  • Students and scholars of theatre or Hélène Cixous
  • Theatre-makers interested in plays available in English translation
  • Readers seeking a collection of four modern European plays

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PlaywritingTheatre and performanceTranslationEuropean theatre

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Book overview

Cixous' work as a playwright - working mainly with Theatre du Soleil and their director Ariane Mnouchkine - establishes her as a participant in some of the most adventurous European theatre making of the last 40 years.
This collection brings together for the first time, four translations into English of Helene Cixous' plays. It is a unique and extraordinary resource for scholars, students and theatre-makers.
The collection includes: *The Perjured City, translated by Bernadette Fort
*Black Sail, White Sail, translated by Donald Watson
*Portrait of Dora, translated by Ann Liddle
*Drums on the Dam, translated by Judith G. Miller and Brian J. Mallet
This exciting new anthology will disseminate her work to a wide and receptive English-speaking audience.
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