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Essays on Five Great Plays

By Louis Fantasia

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About the Author

Louis Fantasia has produced and directed more than 150 plays and operas worldwide. Director of the Shakespeare Globe Centre's Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance Institute from 1997 to 2002, Louis is currently director of Shakespeare at the Huntington, the teacher-training institute of the Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California and Chair of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the New York Film Academy. He is the author of Instant Shakespeare (Ivan R. Dee, 2003).

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Tragedy in the Age of Oprah Chapter 1: Medea Lives in Texas Chapter 2: King Lear or Survivor? Chapter 3: Prozac For Phedre Chapter 4: Mary Stuart, Passion's Martyr Chapter 5: Long Day's Journey Into Night: The Rise and Fall of the American Dream Bibliography