Post by B on Aug 21, 2011 15:31:05 GMT -5
Is He Dead?
"Is He Dead? is a play by Mark Twain.
It was first published in print in 2003, after Mark Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin
read the manuscript in the archives of the Mark Twain Papers at the
University of California at Berkeley. The play was long known to scholars
but never attracted much attention until Fishkin arranged to have it published
in book form. She later played a primary role in getting the play produced
on Broadway. Is He Dead? is now published and licensed for theatrical use
by Playscripts, Inc.
Written in 1898 in Vienna, the play focuses on a fictional version of the great
French painter Jean-Francois Millet as an impoverished artist in Barbizon, France
who, with the help of his colleagues, stages his death in order to increase
the value of his paintings, and afterwards dresses as a woman to keep his secret safe.
Combining elements of burlesque, farce, and social satire, the comedy relies
on such devices as cross-dressing, mistaken identities, and romantic deceptions
to tell its story, which raises questions about fame, greed, and the value of art."
really really dead?
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper (Reprise)(mono vs stereo)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVF4zl_N0U
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper Part VI (2009 Mono Remasters)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm5vBl1cQ30
"Is He Dead? is a play by Mark Twain.
It was first published in print in 2003, after Mark Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin
read the manuscript in the archives of the Mark Twain Papers at the
University of California at Berkeley. The play was long known to scholars
but never attracted much attention until Fishkin arranged to have it published
in book form. She later played a primary role in getting the play produced
on Broadway. Is He Dead? is now published and licensed for theatrical use
by Playscripts, Inc.
Written in 1898 in Vienna, the play focuses on a fictional version of the great
French painter Jean-Francois Millet as an impoverished artist in Barbizon, France
who, with the help of his colleagues, stages his death in order to increase
the value of his paintings, and afterwards dresses as a woman to keep his secret safe.
Combining elements of burlesque, farce, and social satire, the comedy relies
on such devices as cross-dressing, mistaken identities, and romantic deceptions
to tell its story, which raises questions about fame, greed, and the value of art."
really really dead?
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper (Reprise)(mono vs stereo)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVF4zl_N0U
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper Part VI (2009 Mono Remasters)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm5vBl1cQ30
