Twelve Ophelias
Subtitle: a play with broken songs
By: by Caridad Svich
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Theatre & performance play texts; Theatre & performance play texts
Publisher: NoPassport Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: South Gate, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9780615249186; 9780615212722
Subjects: Drama
Other titles: 12 Ophelias
Description: In this play, Shakespeare's Ophelia rises up out of the water dreaming of Pop-Tarts and other sweet things. She finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is called a Rude Boy, and nothing is what it seems. In this mirrored world of word-scraps and cold sex, Ophelia cuts a new path for herself.
Notes: Originally presented at Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC) in New York City.