{"product_id":"9780809324583","title":"The Theatre of Sabina Berman: The Agony of Ecstasy and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of Sabina Berman:\u003c\/i\u003e The Agony of Ecstasy\u003ci\u003e and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e introduces and makes accessible to an English-speaking audience the work of the contemporary Mexican playwright Sabina Berman. The book contains translations of the four plays that established Berman’s career: \u003ci\u003eThe Agony of Ecstasy, Yankee, Puzzle, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHeresy. \u003c\/i\u003eAn introduction by Adam Versényi provides a critical assessment of each play, a discussion of the specific problems of translation involved, and placement of Berman’s work in the larger Mexican and Latin American context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is evident that Sabina Berman’s theatrical acumen matches the depth of her dramatic design whether it is the sheer variety of techniques from song to staged tableau that appear in \u003ci\u003eThe Agony of Ecstasy; \u003c\/i\u003ethe physicalization of what it means to be interrogated and to interrogate in \u003ci\u003eYankee; \u003c\/i\u003ethe final enigmatic image of a soldier alone on stage, silently aiming his firearm at an undefined threat that potentially emanates from the audience in \u003ci\u003ePuzzle; \u003c\/i\u003eor the manner in which the family narrates its own “heretical” actions in \u003ci\u003eHeresy. \u003c\/i\u003eIt is the combination of theatrical technique with universal themes of self-definition that cuts across cultures and ultimately makes these plays translatable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020564447472,"sku":"9780809324583","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780809324583_p0.jpg?v=1763727366","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780809324583","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}