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Instructions for Breathing and Other Plays
Caridad Svich
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Description for Instructions for Breathing and Other Plays
Paperback. A meditation on responsibility and parenthood that asks an audience not only to suffer the unthinkable loss of a child as the author's characters do, but also to laugh at the couple's flaws and at the hilarity of the suburban life they lead. Series: In Performance. Num Pages: 254 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
By turns astonishing, fierce, and tender, these seven plays by Latina-American dramatist Caridad Svich highlight more than two decades of boundary-breaking and genre-defying dramatic work. Populated by characters struggling to survive, these plays are joined by thematic threads of loss, remembrance, resurrection, grave wit, and heroic survival. The centerpiece of this collection, "Instructions for Breathing", is a lyrical, dreamlike meditation on responsibility and parenthood that asks an audience not only to suffer the unthinkable loss of a child as Svich's characters do, but also to laugh at the couple's flaws and at the hilarity of the suburban life they lead. ... Read more
By turns astonishing, fierce, and tender, these seven plays by Latina-American dramatist Caridad Svich highlight more than two decades of boundary-breaking and genre-defying dramatic work. Populated by characters struggling to survive, these plays are joined by thematic threads of loss, remembrance, resurrection, grave wit, and heroic survival. The centerpiece of this collection, "Instructions for Breathing", is a lyrical, dreamlike meditation on responsibility and parenthood that asks an audience not only to suffer the unthinkable loss of a child as Svich's characters do, but also to laugh at the couple's flaws and at the hilarity of the suburban life they lead. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
In Performance
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857421111
SKU
V9780857421111
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About Caridad Svich
Caridad Svich is founder of NoPassport, a theater alliance and press; associate editor of Contemporary Theatre Review; and drama editor of Asymptote. She is recipient of a 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement.
Reviews for Instructions for Breathing and Other Plays
"Caridad Svich weaves an alchemical combination of intellect, heart, and sensuality powerful enough to crack open the suffocating shell that builds up from the daily repetitions of life." (Kevin Lawler, artistic director, PlayFest 2011)"