Voicings
Subtitle: ten plays from the documentary theatre
By: edited and with an introduction by Attilio Favorini.
Contributors: Favorini, Attilio, 1943-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Hopewell, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Historical drama, American; Historical drama, English
Description: Not merely "history" plays, documentary dramas rely on actual rather than imaginary events and incorporate other media such as photographs, film clips, and songs. The plays in Voicings use all these tools and address issues that even today remain raw and emotional. Included are works previously not available in English (Piscator's In Spite of Everything!) and never in print (Compensation, a Soviet documentary on the Chernobyl disaster).

Landmark drama such as Peter Weiss's The Investigation is also part of this collection. Included as well are the more recent Execution of Justice by Emily Mann and Mame Hunt's Unquestioned Integrity, a drama on the controversial testimony of Anita Hill at the hearings confirming Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: In spite of everything! / by Erwin Piscator and Felix Gasbarra; title: Ethiopia / by Arthur Arent; title: World on edge / by Eric Paige and Roger Woddis; title: The investigation / by Peter Weiss; title: Inquest / by Donald Freed; title: Fight for Shelton Bar / by Peter Cheeseman ... [et al.]; title: Quilters / by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek; title: Execution of Justice / by Emily Mann; title: Compensation / by Sergei Kurginian; title: Unquestioned integrity / by Mame Hunt.