Playing with Canons

Playing With Canons is NYTE's most ambitious anthology -- 18 plays, 600 pages. These remarkable plays by some of indie theatre's most exciting playwrights celebrate the enduring power and spirit of classic literature and drama.

This anthology contains the following complete plays: WANT'S UNWISHT WORK by Kirk Wood Bromley, LA TEMPESTAD by Larry Loebell, TITUS X by Shawn Northrip, GENESIS by Matthew Freeman, EUMENIDES by David Johnston, PRINCIPIA by Michael Maiello and Andrew Recinos, UNCLE JACK by Jeff Cohen, STORY OF AN UNKNOWN MAN by Anthony P. Pennino, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV PARTS I & II by Alexander Harrington, BEL CANTO by Renee Flemings, SALEM by Alex Roe, BARTLEBY THE SCRIVENER by R.L. Lane, FRANKENSTEIN by Rob Reese, NORTHANGER ABBEY by Lynn Marie Macy, THE MAN WHO LAUGHS by Kiran Rikhye, FATBOY by John Clancy, BALD DIVA: THE IONESCO PARODY YOUR MOTHER WARNED YOU ABOUT by David Koteles, Jason Jacobs & Jamee Freedus, and THE PERSIANS: A COMEDY ABOUT WAR WITH FIVE SONGS by Waterwell. Edited by Martin Denton, the book also includes biographical data about all of the featured playwrights, and introductory essays by Chad Gracia, Stephen Speights, Eric Parness, Leonard Jacobs, David Fuller, and Tim Cusack. All of the plays here are original works based on or inspired by classic literature and drama. They all premiered in New York City between 1996 - 2006. 592 pages; oversized.