Indecent (TCG Edition)

ISBN: 1559365471

Author: Vogel, Paula

Condition: New

RevelatoryAs intimate and immediate as a whispered secret. Vogels play thrums with music, desire, and fear, and its shrewd about the ways in which America isnt free, and about how art does and doesnt transcend the perilous winds of history. -New YorkerSuperbly realizedIndecent, the powerful play by Paula Vogel, sheds an eye-opening light on a little-known time when theatrical history, Jewish culture, and the frank depiction of homosexuality intersected, with explosive results. -New York TimesGorgeous. Illuminating and heartbreaking. Rich in sympathy and humor, Indecent has the scope of an epic but the intimacy of a chamber pieceIt celebrates and illustrates the power of theater. -Time Out New YorkA moving and fascinating playA singular achievement The historical perspective is vast and knowingHas there ever been anything quite like Indecent, a play that touches-I mean deeply touches-so much rich emotion about history and the theater, anti-Semitism, homophobia, censorship, world wars, red-baiting, and oh, yes, joyful human passion?...An extraordinary play. -NewsdayIndecent is more than a play about forbidden love: Its about theater as a life force. -New York PostWhen Sholem Asch wrote God of Vengeance in 1907, he didnt imagine the height of controversy the play would eventually reach. Performing at first in Yiddish and German, the plays subject matter wasnt deemed contentious until it was produced in English, when the American audiences were scandalized by the onstage depiction of an amorous affair between two women. Paula Vogels newest work traces the trajectory of the shows success through its tour in Europe to its abrupt and explosive demise on Broadway in 1923-including the arrest of the entire productions cast and crew.Paula Vogel is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of How I Learned to Drive. Her other plays include Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq, A Civil War Christmas, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and The Baltimore Waltz, among others. She has also had a distinguished career as a teacher and mentor to younger playwrights, first at Brown University and then at the Yale School of Drama.