Lynne Alvarez: Collected Plays, Vol. 1

by Lynne Alvarez

Because Alvarez's voice as a writer does not easily reflect (perhaps, in fact, it refracts) her identity as a woman and a Hispanic, and yet her name clearly identifies her as both, as a playwright she is often seen as neither Hispanic nor non-Hispanic, neither female nor non-female, and as such, she slips through the categories into unidentifiable ambiguity. This collection, therefore, is a valuable publication for its celebrates such ambiguity and problematizes the easy categorization of works of art. - Mary Resing, New England Theatre Journal, December 1999

Genres: Plays

384 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[M. H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plays in volume (& my review):

The Guitarron

Hidden Parts

The Wonderful Tower of Humbert Lavoignet

Don Juan of Seville by Tirso de Molina (a Translation)

Thin Air: Tales from a Revolution

The Reincarnation of Jaime Brown: **** Predictable plot. Sweet ending. Magical language. (likely MPAA "R" for language & sexual innuendo) Wilson is looking for his son James Brown. Two experts in reincarnation are trying to find James. He showed up "on their doorstep" but they were too busy looking into young poet Jaime's history to notice James the juggler. Well Mercury is in retrograde and mix-ups are bound to happen, that is until three weeks hence when Mercury goes straight.

Eddie Mundo Edmundo

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