The Stendhal syndrome
By: Terrence McNally.
Contributors: McNally, Terrence.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. -- Drama; Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Appreciation -- Drama; Americans -- Italy -- Drama; Conductors (Music) -- Drama; Florence (Italy) -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: "The Stendhal Syndrome is named for the French novelist, who on a visit to Florence had such a visceral and physical reaction to its beauty that he wrote, 'I felt a pulsating in my heart. Life was draining out of me, while I walked fearing a fall.' Now Terrence McNally, whom The New Yorker has called 'one of our most original and audacious dramatists and one of our funniest, ' has crafted two stunning and witty plays about art and how it transforms us. Full Frontal Nudity explores the reaction of three American tourists to the perfection and beauty of Michelangelo's David. In Prelude & Liebestod, a renowned conductor watches his life unravel while conducting Wagner's musical masterpiece."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Full frontal nudity; title: Prelude & Liebestod.