Love's fire
Subtitle: seven new plays inspired by seven Shakespearean sonnets : original works
By: by Eric Bogosian ... [et al.] ; introduction by Mark Lamos.
Contributors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Bogosian, Eric.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Quill
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations.; American drama -- 20th century.; Sonnets, English -- Adaptations.
Description: The fruit of an extraordinary project, Love's Fire reimagines seven of Shakespeare's immortal love sonnets as one-act plays by seven of the best playwrights in America. These short gems, paired with the sonnets that inspired them, are published here for the first time.
Table of contents: title: Bitter sauce / by Eric Bogosian; title: Hydraulics phat like mean / by Ntozake Shange; title: 140 / by Marsha Norman; title: Terminating, or, Lass meine schmerzen nicht verloren sein, or, Ambivalence / by Tony Kushner; title: Painting you / by William Finn; title: Waiting for Philip Glass / by Wendy Wasserstein; title: The general of hot desire / by John Guare.