Staging Don DeLillo

Rebecca Rey

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Routledge
12 December 2019

The Arts: General & Reference; Theatre Studies; Literary studies: from c 1900 -

"The first book-length study to focus on Don DeLillo's plays, Staging Don DeLillo brings the author's theatre works to the forefront. Rebecca Rey explores four central themes that emerge across DeLillo's theatre oeuvre: the centrality of language; the human fear of death; the elusiveness of truth; and the deceptive, slippery nature of personal identity. Rey examines all seven of DeLillo's plays chronologically: ""The Engineer of Moonlight"" (1979), The Day Room (1986), the one-minute plays ""The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed Into Heaven"" (1990), and ""The Mystery at the Middle of Ordinary Life"" (2000), Valparaiso (1999), Love-Lies-Bleeding (2006), and The Word for Snow (2014). Written in clear, accessible language, and interweaving critique of DeLillo's novels throughout, this book will appeal not only to DeLillo scholars but also to anyone working on contemporary literature and drama."

By: Rebecca Rey
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367881191
ISBN 10: 0367881195
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 12 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Dr Rebecca Rey holds a PhD in English and Cultural Studies and works in communications at The University of Western Australia.

Reviews for Staging Don DeLillo

'Gnomic, darkly humorous and strangely moving, Don DeLillo's plays are as distinctive and challenging as his novels. In her smart and lively book, Rebecca Rey proves that she is well up to the challenge. She explores the plays' major themes (games, technology, the media, euthanasia, environmentalism); traces the influence of precursor playwrights such as Pirandello and Pinter; discusses the plays' performance history, including interviews with stage directors; draws mutually illuminating connections between the plays and the novels; and quotes pertinently and liberally from DeLillo's personal notes in the archives. Rey's groundbreaking study shows that DeLillo's plays are indeed worthy of serious scholarly and public attention. Her wide-ranging and accessible book should do much to introduce new audiences to this less-familiar side of one of our greatest writers'. Douglas Keesey, California Polytechnic State University, author of Don DeLillo