The theatre of Richard Maxwell and the New York City Players has received significant international recognition over the past ten years. The company has received three OBIEs; for House (1999); Drummer Wanted (2002) and Good Samaritans (2005). Maxwell received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010 and has been commissioned by venues in the United States; the United Kingdom; Germany; Austria; the Netherlands; France; Belgium and Ireland. Although his productions generate a plethora of reviews; there is a deficit of material providing a critical and sustained engagement with his work. The aim of this book is to provide a critical survey of Maxwellrsquo;s work since 1992; including his early participation in Cook County Theater Department. Touching upon the acting; production and rehearsal processes of NYC Playerrsquo;s work; and Maxwells representations of space; community; race; and gender; this volume provides scholars with an important overview of a key figure in contemporary drama.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Art in the SouthBy jean BraggThis is a truly lavish art book! For all who love American Impressionism and New Orleans. this book is a visual delight. In addition to the handsome reproductions. five leading art historians present engaging essays on the life and times of William Woodward. artist. architect. and art educator. The topics cover his early training in the American Arts and Crafts movement on the East Coast. his tenure as professor of architecture and fine art at Tulane University and Newcomb College Art School. his role as preservationist of the old French Quarter. and ends with his retirement in the lively art community of Biloxi. Mississippi. His paintings of the Vieux Carre (French Quarter) are perhaps the most famous of his subjects and provide a glimpse into New Orleans at the turn of nineteenth century. Woodward used the novel medium of oil crayon. instead of traditional oil. for these paintings. which allowed for quick. spontaneous. "on the spot" drawings of the old buildings. This impressionist technique did much to change the style of art in the South. leading the way to a late blooming of the popular Movement which had already taken Europe and the East Coast by storm. Woodward documents a vanishing culture and style of architecture in New Orleans which today remains unique among American cities. Woodwards beautiful paintings remind us that their message of preservation is more timely now than ever following the series of man-made disasters on the Gulf coast!
