Thinks of himself as a classicist, reinventing the past by asking the questions. Precise, direct linkage between idea and execution. Works unfold like visual music where such things as meaning are perceived subconsciously. There is so much space for the listener, because we can hear the sound of the text in our imagination. If we take a radio play, the boundaries of the images are limitless because we can imagine whatever we want.
Mask presents different image from what is being said.
Our theatrical language has been limited by literature. That is not to say that words are unimportant. One woman play conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, based on her stage play. Directed by George C. Wolfe A mix of art and journalism. The work is built on Smith's verbatim excerpts of interviews she conducted with victims and eyewitnesses of the events, and adversaries and advocates of the issues that swirl around the 1991 conflicts that took place in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.