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Love's Fire is a collection of short plays by American writers based on Shakespeare's Sonnets. It was commissioned and premiered by The Acting Company in its 1997-98 season. [1]
| Love's Fire | |
|---|---|
| Written by | John Guare Wendy Wasserstein Eric Bogosian Ntozake Shange Tony Kushner William Finn Marsha Norman |
| Date premiered | 1998 |
| Original language | English |
Plays
edit- "Bitter Sauce" by Eric Bogosian, inspired by Sonnet 118
- "Hydraulics Phat Like Mean" by Ntozake Shange, inspired by Sonnet 128, Original Music by Chico Freeman , Choreography by Dyane Harvey
- "140" by Marsha Norman, inspired by Sonnet 140
- "Terminating" by Tony Kushner, inspired by Sonnet 75
- "Painting You" by William Finn, inspired by Sonnet 102
- "Waiting for Philip Glass" by Wendy Wasserstein, inspired by Sonnet 94
- "The General of Hot Desire" by John Guare, inspired by Sonnets 153 and 154 and The Golden Legend of Jacobus de Varagine, Original Music by Adam Guettel
References
edit- ^ Company, The Acting. "Love's Fire 1997/98 > The Acting Company". theactingcompany.org. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
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External links
edit- Review of 1998 New York Production at New York Magazine
- Review of 1998 New York Production at Curtain Up