Howdy folks and welcome back to Unknown Playwrights! This week’s link dump is brought to you by by posters for Marlowe’s Edward II.
That time the Knoxville Opera Company did yellowface…in 2019.
Der Ring das Nibelungen and the history of Wagner in Seoul
The Black History Museum….According to the United States of America seems like a pretty badass play.
Legendary Korean playwright Lee Kang-baek gets interviewed by his translator.
Gangster Brecht in Santa Monica
An interview with Arab Israeli playwright Ibrahim Miari
Revitalizing Bangkok’s theatre scene
700 years of Thai history onstage…in 90 minutes!
An older interview with playwright Patrick Gabridge
Playwright Monica Byrne exposes American theatre’s dirty no-so-little secrets
Monica Byrne counterpunches well
What it’s like to turn 40 and actually have your plays produced
A very, very detailed analysis of world premieres in the US this past theatre season
Chelsea Frandsen talks code-switching in her new play
Canadians revisioning the Wild West and women’s choice on stage…
Henry VI, part 1…in Serbo-Croatian…in London
Serbian Theatre Showcase…hot damn!
A prominent Serbian theatre director
Yiddish theatre and its influence on Kafka
Creating original theatre in Kuwait
Finding your artistic tribe (pretty sure mine kicked me out)
BFAs? Overrated.
Tips for directing your first show.
Kit Marlowe was murdered (so Shakespeare wrote his own plays?)
Another overview of Marlowe’s life
The African American Theatre Research Guide
Pioneering women in Mexican theatre
Scumbag murders actress, is acquitted.
And in this week’s edition of Finnish-language oldies, here’s ABBA performing Dancing Queen…in Finnish!
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