Kopit

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Arthur Lee, amerikanischer Dramatiker, * New York 10. 5. 1937; schreibt das amerikanische Alltagsleben parodistisch verarbeitende Dramen im tragikomischen Stil des französischen absurden Theaters, in die er psychoanalytische Erkenntnisse einfließen lässt, um amerikanische Mythen und Ideale satirisch zu entlarven.
 
Werke: Dramen: Oh Dad, poor Dad, Mamma's hung you in the closet and I'm feelin' so sad (1960; deutsch Oh Vater, armer Vater, Mutter hängt dich in den Schrank, und ich bin ganz krank); The day the whores came out to play tennis (1965; deutsch Als die Huren auszogen, Tennis zu spielen); Indians (1969; deutsch Indianer); Wings (1978); Good help is hard to find (1982); End of the world (1984; deutsch Das Ende der Welt mit anschließender Diskussion); Road to Nirvana (1991; deutsch Nirvana).
 
 
D. Auerbach: Sam Shepard, A. K. and the Off Broadway Theater (Boston, Mass., 1982).

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