{"title":"Caridad Svich","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaridad Svich\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts compelling plays that explore identity, history, and the complexities of human connection. Her works, including \u003cem\u003eHenry VIII\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eInstructions for Breathing and Other Plays\u003c\/em\u003e, offer bold narratives infused with poetic language and inventive storytelling techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the realm of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Svich's writing challenges conventions and invites readers into richly layered worlds. Whether reimagining historical figures or exploring contemporary themes, her plays resonate with emotional depth and cultural insight.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"instructions-for-breathing-and-other-plays-by-caridad-svich-9780857421111","title":"Instructions for Breathing and Other Plays","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns astonishing, fierce, and tender, these seven plays by Latina-American dramatist Caridad Svich highlight more than two decades of boundary-breaking and genre-defying dramatic work. Populated by characters struggling to survive, these plays are joined by thematic threads of loss, remembrance, resurrection, grave wit, and heroic survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe centrepiece of this collection, \u003ci\u003eInstructions for Breathing\u003c\/i\u003e, is a lyrical, dreamlike meditation on responsibility and parenthood that asks an audience not only to suffer the unthinkable loss of a child as Svich's characters do, but also to laugh at the couple’s flaws and at the hilarity of the suburban life they lead. This commingling of emotion happens in each of these dramatic portraits of homeless castaways (\u003ci\u003eFugitive Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e), women in war (\u003ci\u003eThrush\u003c\/i\u003e), and sex traffickers (\u003ci\u003eRift\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Svich’s work is not without a nod to the classical: \u003ci\u003eWreckage\u003c\/i\u003e reframes the story of Medea and \u003ci\u003eSteal Back Light from the Virtual\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a labyrinthine society torn apart by a monstrous beast. In sum, \u003ci\u003eInstructions for Breathing and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e serves as an illuminating introduction to the work of a major playwright and an inspiring example of the breadth of possibilities in North American drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470868103404,"sku":"9780857421111","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780857421111-instructions-for-breathing-and-other-plays.jpg?v=1775229551"},{"product_id":"henry-viii-by-william-shakespeare-9780866987738","title":"Henry VIII","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaridad Svich\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new take on the history play, which tells the story of Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespeare’s Henry VIII\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of a brazen race to power and the desire for an heir. Advised by Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII is caught between church and state as he meets Anne Boleyn and seeks to annul his marriage to Queen Katherine. This episodic and plot-driven play examines the machinations of royal power. Shakespeare’s \u003cem\u003eHenry VIII\u003c\/em\u003e, in this new translation by Caridad Svich, is a swift-moving, complex tale of intrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis translation of \u003cem\u003eHenry VIII\u003c\/em\u003e was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present work from \"The Bard\" in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. 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As the first musical to feature a genderqueer protagonist as its lead, the show has had an extraordinary life on film, Broadway, and in the music field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA glam rock musical with a complex relationship to issues related to art, eroticism, and matters of identity formation, \u003cem\u003eHedwig and the Angry Inch\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly exuberant fairy tale about a child that discovers she is one of a kind, but also potentially among her own kind, if she dares travel past borders that confine and try to stabilise her being and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaridad Svich examines this exhilarating work through the lenses of visual and vocal rock ’n’ roll performance, the history of the American musical, and its positioning within LGBTIQ+ theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606924017900,"sku":"9781138354166","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138354166-mitchell-and-trask-s-hedwig-and-the-angry-inch.jpg?v=1778157282"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/caridad-svich.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}