Selected Plays of Hélène Cixous

<p>Cixous' work as a playwright - working mainly with Theatre du Soleil and their director Ariane Mnouchkine - establishes her as a participant in some of the most adventurous European theatre making of the last 40 years.<br>This collection brings together for the first time, four translations into English of Helene Cixous' plays. It is a unique and extraordinary resource for scholars, students and theatre-makers. <br>The collection includes: *The Perjured City, translated by Bernadette Fort<br>*Black Sail, White Sail, translated by Donald Watson<br>*Portrait of Dora, translated by Ann Liddle<br>*Drums on the Dam, translated by Judith G. Miller and Brian J. Mallet<br>This exciting new anthology will disseminate her work to a wide and receptive English-speaking audience.</p> FOREWORD: MODERNEPIC THEATRE -- Eric Prenowitz -- ON THEATRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH HÉLÈNE CIXOUS -- Eric Prenowitz -- ENTER THE THEATRE -- Hélène Cixous -- THE PLAYS -- PORTRAIT OF DORA -- Translated by Ann Liddle -- BLACK SAIL WHITE SAIL -- Translated by Donald Watson -- THE PERJURED CITY -- Translated by Bernadette Fort -- DRUMS ON THE DAM -- Translated by Judith G. Miller and Brian J. Mallet -- PREMIÈRES -- THEATRE BIBLIOGRAPHY.