MARY ZIMMERMAN
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Plays by Mary Zimmerman
Arabian Nights, The |
| 1st Produced: | Gerald W. Lynch at John Jay College, NY | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | John Jay Theatrical Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Northwestern University Press | ISBN | 9780810120945 | |||
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 | Based on the ancient text of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, The Arabian Nights is a story of stories, a collection of Arabic tales woven together into a theatrical experience. There once was a king called Shahryr, who one night found his wife in the arms of a slave, begins the chorus of the play. The world darkened for him, his soul grew sick, and he killed them both on the carpet of the bed. The Arabian Nights addresses topics of war, justice, prejudice, and gender issues. The John Jay College production of The Arabian Nights consists of a cast [of students] that reflects the multi-ethnic, multi-generational character of our campus. nytheatre.com | |||||
Argonautika |
| 1st Produced: | Shakespeare Theatre Company, DC | 2008 | ||||
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| Notes: | First presented in written form by Apollonius of Rhodes | |||||
| Synopsis: | Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece. Before Aristotle, before The Iliad, a thousand years before the birth of Christ, we were these people: vain, ambitious, passionate, heroic, cowardly, treacherous, capable of great valor and generosity of spirit, and willing to risk life and treasure to obtain something of trivial intrinsic value. Sound familiar? | |||||
Journey to the West |
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| 1st Published: | Northwestern University Press 2004 | ISBN | 9780810120921 | |||
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| Synopsis: | A monk in the 7th Century undertakes a pilgrimage from China to India - it took him sixteen years | |||||
Metamorphoses |
| 1st Produced: | Gerald W. Lynch at John Jay College | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | The Department of Speech, Theatre and Media Studies, John Jay College | |||||
| 1st Published: | Northwestern University Press, 2002 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Synopsis: | Metamorphoses, a dramatization based on Ovid's myths, is a retelling of classical Greek mythology in contemporary language. The play offers a compassionate view of the human condition. In Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, we witness the transformative power of love, redemption, and forgiveness in the stories of Midas, Orpheus and Eurydice, Myrrah and Cinyrus, Alycone and Ceyx, Eros and Psyche, Phaeton and Apollo, and others Press Release | |||||
Odyssey, The |
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| 1st Published: | NorthWestern University Press 2003 | ISBN | 9780810120938 | |||
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| Notes: | Based on Homer | |||||
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Secret in the Wings |
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| Synopsis: | Murder, incest, betrayal, infanticide, cannibalism and happy ever after? | |||||