Goodnight Desdemona (good morning Juliet) / Ann-Marie MacDonald.

Goodnight Desdemona (good morning Juliet) / Ann-Marie MacDonald.

By
MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958-

Publication Date
1990

Publication Information
Toronto : Coach House Press,

Physical Description
87 p.

Subject Term
Plays.
 
Drama.

Series
COACH HOUSE PLAYS
 
COACH HOUSE PLAYS.

Summary
In this exuberant comedy and original revision of Shakespeare's Othello and Romeo and Juliet -- Constance Ledbelly, a drab and dusty academic, deciphers a cryptic manuscript she believes to be the original source for the tragedies, and is transported into the plays themselves. She visits Juliet and Desdemona, has a hand in saving them, and finds out what these women are about. In true Shakespearean spirit, Constance plunders the plays and creates something new, all the while engaging in a personal voyage of self-discovery. With an abundance of twists, fights, dances, seductions, and wild surprises, the play is an absolute joy of theatricality.

Language
English

ISBN
9780889104129


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Happy Valley - Goose Bay (LHV) MelvilleAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction819.2 M14Checked In