• First edition has sold over 24,000 copies in six printings since publication in 1995 • Bogosian’s most produced play with countless university productions nationally
*His novel, Mall, is to be published by Simon and Schluster, October 2000. Supported by an eight city tour. *Wake Up and Smell the Coffee will tour numerous cities in the U.S. over the next year and half.
“A mischievous new translation by the poet Richard Wilbur, [The Bungler] is great good fun and should open the gate for the play to be presented with the regularity it deserves.”—Bruce Weber, The New York Times “My notion of translation is that you try to bring it back alive. Speak-ability is so important. . . . I came to see that a line that simply says ‘I love you,’ at the right point in the show, is entirely adequate, that a great deal of verbal sophistication is not necessarily called for.”—Richard Wilbur Poet Richard Wilbur’s translations of Molière’s plays are loved, renowned, and performed throughout the world. This volume is part of Theater Communications Group’s new series (with cover designs by Chip Kidd) to complete trade publication of these vital works of French neoclassical comedy. The Bungler is Molière’s first recognizably great play, and the first to be written in verse. The charming farce is set in Sicily and born of the great Italian tradition of the commedia dell’arte: Loyal valet Mascarille schemes to win the lovely Celie away from rival Leadre, and into the arms of his master Leslie. Molière himself originated the role Mascarille, self-described as “the rashest fool on earth,” who naturally bungles the job along the way. Richard Wilbur is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and a former Poet Laureate of the United States. His publications include six volumes of poetry and two collections of selected verses, a collection of prose, and two books for children.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
• Wilbur’s translations of Molière considered to be the finest available • Countless productions throughout the world • Wilbur is considered to be one of America’s most esteemed poets • Previous winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Poetry
– Mr. Wilbur has won the Pulitzer Prize and was a past Poet Laureate of the U.S. – Original cover designs by Chip Kidd. – Completes the publication of all of Wilbur's verse translations of Moliere in quality paper editions.
*Andre Gregory co-author with Wallace Shawn of «My Dinner With Andre» directed by Louis Malle *This year long exploration of Chekhov subject of 1994 film «Vanya on 42nd St» directed by Louis Malle
Fifty-four monologues and dialogues, a remarkable distillation of rhythms and nuances from the region of the heart.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
• Wilbur’s translations of Molière considered to be the finest available • Countless productions throughout the world • Wilbur is considered to be one of America’s most esteemed poets • Previous winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Poetry
first new collection for Bogosian since 2005 (Humpy Dumpty and Other Plays)ninth book by author published by TCGover 80,000 copies sold of the author’s work to datecover art by noted designer and artist John H. HowardEric recently appeared in Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still on Broadway
"Richard Foreman reinvented dialogue, action, sound, stage design, and philosophical groundwork as no other stage artist in our history."—PEN/Laura Pels Master American Dramatist Award citation These writings, collected from two earlier books now long out-of-print along with two recent interviews, provide a fascinating window into Richard Foreman's singular mind and creative process. Also included is The Gods Are Pounding My Head! (AKA Lumberjack Messiah), his last play before transitioning to more multi-media work. Richard Foreman has written, directed, and designed more than fifty of his own plays, both internationally and at his Ontological-Hysteric Theater, which he founded in 1968. He has received many OBIE awards, an NEA Lifetime Achievement Award, and a MacArthur «Genius» Fellowship.