{"product_id":"selected-plays-by-cuban-playwright-abel-gonzalez-melo-chamaco-kiddo-nevada-weathered-outside-the-game-tell-me-the-whole-thing-again-abyss-hardcover","title":"Selected Plays by Cuban Playwright Abel González Melo: Chamaco (Kiddo); Nevada; Weathered; Outside the Game; Tell Me the Whole Thing Again; Abyss - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbel González Melo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Gregory\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of Cuba's most important living playwrights, Abel González Melo is known for a hybrid poetics in which he employs contemporary formal features, such as non-linear storytelling and flashbacks, interwoven with elements from the classical tradition in order to stage the ignoble realities of postmodern life.' - Lillian Manzor\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eUniversity of Miami\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Havana in 1980, Abel González Melo is a rare example of a modern-day Cuban playwright whose work is performed and celebrated not only in Cuba, but also in the US, the Americas more widely, Europe, and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInvestigating a raft of national and global themes, such as queer sexuality, the dilemma of leaving or remaining, political power and censorship, family dynamics, the ambition and responsibility of the artist, and so-called 'cancel culture', González Melo's work is international and universal in scope. The result of a twenty-year collaboration with translator William Gregory that began at the Royal Court Theatre in London, this collection of six plays follows the playwright's eclectic two-decade career: from his beginning with texts exploring the pulsing underworld of early-2000s Havana in \u003ci\u003eChamaco \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNevada\u003c\/i\u003e, through an examination of political turning points and major figures of Cuban history in \u003ci\u003eWeathered \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOutside the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, to his most recent takes on theatre and its intersection with contemporary issues in \u003ci\u003eTell Me the Whole Thing Again \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAbyss\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComplete with an edited introduction by Ernesto Fundora, this volume of selected plays surveys not only González Melo's oeuvre but also his distinctive stylistic and aesthetic variety, gained from living in both Spain and Cuba.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHavana-born \u003cb\u003eAbel González Melo\u003c\/b\u003e's plays have been commissioned, produced, published and translated extensively in Cuba, the UK, US, Spain, and beyond. The recipient of multiple awards, he is currently Artistic Associate at Madrid's prestigious Teatro de La Abadía, and Director of the Universidad Carlos III Theatre Company. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Producers of\u003cb\u003e William Gregory\u003c\/b\u003e's translations have included the Royal Court and Gate theatres (UK); Play Company and the Washington Ensemble (US); Rumble Theatre (Canada), and Théâtre Excentrique (Australia). Publications with Bloomsbury include \u003ci\u003eThe Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Spanish Plays \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Uncapturable\u003c\/i\u003e by Rubén Szuchmacher.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480096366899,"sku":"9781350453791","price":148.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-plays-by-cuban-playwright-abel-gonzalez-melo-chamaco-kiddo-nevada-weathered-outside-the-game-tell-me-the-whole-thing-again-abyss-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}