Description:
This first book dedicated to US-Cuban playwright/director Maria Irene Fornes is a lucid theoretical, historical, and production-oriented study of Fornes' published works and their critical legacy. Kent argues that most critics, including a range of theatre feminists, have yet to fully explicate the incisive social critique presented in Fornes' work. Examining the complex relationships between Fornes' aesthetic innovations and her unconventional social politics, Kent presents a comprehensive, contextualized study of Fornes work and the critics' response.
Review Quotes: "Maria Irene Fornes and Her Criticsis a book which I think any practioner would be well served to examine prior to starting production work of any Forne's play. ...Kent does an admirable job of putting this enigmatic playwright in perspective."-New England Theatre Journal