Red (Oberon Modern Plays)
by John Logan
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""There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend ... One day the black will swallow the red."" "Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists, Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting." "This play is a moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century whose struggle to accept his growing riches and praise became his ultimate show more undoing."--Jacket. show lessTags
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This is one I will have to read again, and I really wish I could see a stage performance of it.
I've always had a casual interest in Mark Rothko because of Dar Williams' "Mark Rothko Song," and when I found out the play won a Tony AND it was about Rothko, I knew I had to own this. I'm glad that I found out about it, because it was really fascinating.
The entire play took me about an hour or so to read, which is why I want to read it a few times more to really "get it." It's very "thinky." I'd also like to read up on Rothko more as a result of reading this.
I've always had a casual interest in Mark Rothko because of Dar Williams' "Mark Rothko Song," and when I found out the play won a Tony AND it was about Rothko, I knew I had to own this. I'm glad that I found out about it, because it was really fascinating.
The entire play took me about an hour or so to read, which is why I want to read it a few times more to really "get it." It's very "thinky." I'd also like to read up on Rothko more as a result of reading this.
An interesting portrayal of the artist, Mark Rothko. I wish I'd seen Red onstage.
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Born in Red Oak, Iowa, educated at Coe College; the University of Iowa, Iowa City; and Georgetown University, John Logan found inspiration for his early poetical works in his conversion to Catholicism. Influenced primarily by Rainer Maria Rilke, his poetry has moved from a religious formalistic style to a freedom of line and voice. Editor of show more Choice, a major magazine of poetry and photography, Logan has received the Indiana School Letters Fellowship (1965, 1969); the Miles Modern Poetry Award (1967); and a Rockefeller grant (1968). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 2009
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