Corpus Christi
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802136354 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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The New Yorker has called Terrence McNally "one of our most original and audacious dramatists and one of our funniest." He is the author of such critically acclaimed plays as Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class, The Lisbon Traviata, and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. In Corpus Christi, McNally gives us his own unique view of the story of Christ, and in doing so provides us with one of the most vivid and moving passion plays written. McNally's controversial new play is an affirmation of faith and a drama of such power and scope that it has been called blasphemy by the religious right and hailed by audiences and critics alike as one of his best and most poignant works to date.
It explores a quest for faith by a segment of the population-homosexuals-that has for centuries been excluded and condemned by the pious God-fearing."-Erik Jackson, Time Out New York "Terrence McNally's controversial new play is a moving, perhaps even spiritual experience."-Dick Schaap, ABC World News Terrence McNally won Tony Awards for Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class as well as Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical for Ragtime and Kiss of the Spider Woman. . McNally has received two Guggenheim fellowships, a Rockefeller grant, and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. From the Back Cover Named one of the best plays of the year by Time magazine The New Yorker has
"not for everyone but interesting nonetheless" according to S. Wetzel. I did not purchase this play without expecting to be shocked. I found some parts of it to be extremely irreverent and downright blasphemous although I've always found the relationship between Judas and Jesus as depicted in straightforward (no pun intended) accounts of the passion play as having some subtext . Kenneth Clark said Simply and amazing thought provoking play. I am a big (ok, huge) fan of Chad Allen's and he just finished a run of Corpus Christi in Los Angeles. I live on the East Coast so couldn't make the performance, so to see what I missed I decided to purchase a copy of the script. I was very impressed at the way the script handled the controversial subject. T. "Christi" a touching account of one man's search for Jesus Bo List (jelloparty@hotmail.com For as much nasty publicity as this play has received, I expected a far more abrasive account of a gay passion play. If you are expecting anything remotely pornographic, you will be disappointed. This is a very intimate, touching portrait of playwright Terrence McNally, juxtaposed against the birth, life and