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María Irene Fornés (1930–2018)

Auteur van Fefu and Her Friends

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María Irene Fornés was born in Havana, Cuba on May 14, 1930. She moved with her mother and a sister to New York City in 1945. Before becoming a playwright, she was a painter who studied for a time with the Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann. Fornés taught playwriting at New York University, the toon meer Padua Hills Playwrights Festival in California, and the Intar Hispanic American Arts Center in Manhattan. In 1965, collaborating with the composer Al Carmines, she wrote the book and lyrics for Promenade. Her other plays included Fefu and Her Friends, Mud, The Danube, The Conduct of Life, Abingdon Square, Enter the Night, and Letters from Cuba. Her plays received eight Obie awards and she received an Obie for lifetime achievement in 1982. She died on October 30, 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van María Irene Fornés

Fefu and Her Friends (1992) 114 exemplaren
Plays (2001) 99 exemplaren
Abingdon Square (2000) 6 exemplaren
The Danube 3 exemplaren
Springtime 2 exemplaren
Mud 1 exemplaar
Mud (A Play) (2002) 1 exemplaar
Promenade 1 exemplaar

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Thank god this was short, because it was really bad. It made absolutely no sense, the characters were odd, the dialog completely unrealistic, and the action baffling. I will, however, acknowledge that maybe this is edgy and post-modern and whatever and I'm just too stupid to get it.
 
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ssperson | 3 andere besprekingen | Apr 3, 2021 |
My first Fornés play, Fefu and Her Friends really threw me for a loop. The characters and their interactions are both bizarre and at times tender delivers an existential gut-punch that left me intrigued and thoroughly confused at the end. The whole scope of the play, the second part being acted out in four pieces, four times, simultaneously, makes me curious to see the work staged. Fefu is a work that is both intellectually trying, stimulating, and compelling. Perhaps I'll have more to say later or I may just be too busy rereading.… (meer)
 
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b.masonjudy | 3 andere besprekingen | Apr 3, 2020 |
I participated in a reading of Fefu and her Friends with a bunch of actors, and enjoyed it very much, though I'm not an actor. The play concerns a group of women, friends since college, who meet at Fefu's house to plan for a charity event. Their attitudes toward men, toward each other, toward death and toward community are explored. Possibly some of them are mentally ill. The work is reminiscent of rel="nofollow" target="_top">Wendy Wasserstein's play Uncommon Women and Others but a little more pessimistic and mysterious. I'm not sure which is the better play, but both require really good actors (of which I certainly am not one).… (meer)
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deckla | 3 andere besprekingen | Sep 29, 2018 |
I saw this play about a month ago, and found it to be rather lacking, which I attributed to the acting. Having read it, I think that it reads much better than it plays, but that it is still a rather plodding work. Good, but not great.
 
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18
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7
Leden
272
Populariteit
#85,118
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3.9
Besprekingen
4
ISBNs
11
Talen
1
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