Metamorphoses Play

By: Mary Zimmerman, Ovid

Write A Review

Paperback | 27 March 2002

At a Glance

Paperback
120 Pages

Edition Type
New edition

Dimensions(cm)
22.7 x 15.6 x 0.7

Paperback

$43.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $10.94 with

or

Aims to ship in 10 to 15 business days

Mary Zimmerman's play Metamorphoses is based on Ovid's fifteen-volume work of transformation myths. Positioned in and around a large pool on the stage, the characters enact Zimmerman's adaptations of Ovid's tales, juxtaposing the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image. The tone of the drama likewise echoes the themes of change and contrast, from the humor of Phaeton's therapy session to the tragedy of Midas and his daughter. Various productions of this play have been awarded five Los Angeles Drama Critics Awards, the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work/Adaptation and several Bay Area Theatre Critics Awards including Best Production. Metamorphoses played around the United States and Off Broadway before moving to Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre in March 2002.

The book contains a production history, the play script, and, because the visual aspect of the play is so important, photographs from some of its past productions. The play's literature-into-drama approach gives the book a dual role in the marketplace, both as literature and as a script for performance.

Industry Reviews

"Funny one moment, achingly sorrowful the next, Metamorphoses somehow manages both to lift you out of the moment you're living in and speak to it with piercing directness." --Wall Street Journal
"With its emphases on love, loss and the transforming powers of memory and the imagination . . . the production has been reducing calloused New Yorkers to sobs." --New York Times
"Writer-director Mary Zimmerman's lovely, deeply affecting work . . . recaptures the primal allure of the theater. . . . It shows that theater can provide not just escape but sometimes a glimpse of the divine." --Time

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

More in Plays

Romeo and Juliet Cambridge School Shakespeare : Cambridge School Shakespeare - Robert Smith

$10.95

16%
OFF

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection

Hardcover

RRP $59.99

$43.25

28%
OFF

The Tempest (No Fear Shakespeare)

No Fear Shakespeare

Paperback

RRP $12.99

$10.95

16%
OFF

Medea and Other Plays

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $17.99

$14.25

21%
OFF

The Three Theban Plays

Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$18.95

24%
OFF

Twelve Angry Men : Penguin Classics - Reginald Rose

$17.75

23%
OFF

Fleabag : The Scriptures - Phoebe Waller-Bridge

$49.25

18%
OFF

Creating Space for Shakespeare

Working with Marginalized Communities

Paperback

RRP $59.99

$49.25

18%
OFF

Krishna Kumari

The Tragedy of India

Hardcover

RRP $130.00

$97.75

25%
OFF

Death Of A Salesman

Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$17.75

23%
OFF