Women in turmoil
Subtitle: six plays
By: by Mercedes de Acosta ; edited and with an introduction by Robert A. Schanke.
Contributors: Schanke, Robert A., 1940-
Series: Theater in the Americas
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Women -- Drama.
Genres: Drama.
Description: "In this first publication of six plays by the flamboyantly uninhibited author, poet, and playwright Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), theater historian Robert A. Schanke rescues these lost theatrical writings from the dusty margins of obscurity. Often autobiographical, always rife with gender struggle, and still decidedly stageworthy, Women in Turmoil: Six Plays by Mercedes de Acosta constitutes a significant find for the canon of gay and lesbian drama." "What notoriety remains associated with de Acosta has less to do with her writing than with her infamous romances with the likes of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Isadora Duncan, Alla Nazimova, Eva Le Gallienne, Tamara Karsavina, Pola Negri, and Ona Munson. Through this collection of six powerfully poignant dramas, editor Robert A. Schanke strives to correct myths about Mercedes de Acosta and to restore both her name and her literary achievements to their proper place in history."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Jehanne d'Arc; title: Jacob Slovak; title: The mother of Christ; title: World without end; title: The dark light; title: Illusion.