The Theatre of Christopher Durang (Paperback)

Acknowledgements Preface: "Christopher Durang Explains It All For Me," by David Lindsay-Abaire (Playwright, USA) Introduction: Christopher Durang's Dark Comedy 1 Perverting the Classics The Idiots Karamazov The Vietnamization of New Jersey History of the American Film Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge Adrift in Macao 2 Seeking is Believing The Nature and Purpose of the Universe Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You Laughing Wild Sex and Longing Miss Witherspoon 3 One-Act Plays Durang/Durang 4 Family Dysfunction Titanic Death Comes to Us All, Mary Agnes 'dentity Crisis Baby with the Bathwater The Marriage of Bette & Boo 5 American Anomie Beyond Therapy Media Amok Betty's Summer Vacation Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 6 Conclusion 7 Critical Perspectives We Laugh-Track People: Christopher Durang's Drama of Audience Participation, Robert Combs (George Washington University, USA) The Marriage of Parody and Satire: The All-American Comedy of Christopher Durang, Jay Malarcher (West Virginia University, USA) List of Contributors Notes Works Cited