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Indecent (TCG Edition) Kindle Edition

by Paula Vogel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 204
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“Revelatory…As intimate and immediate as a whispered secret. Vogel’s play thrums with music, desire, and fear, and it’s shrewd about the ways in which America isn’t free, and about how art does and doesn’t transcend the perilous winds of history.” —New Yorker “Superbly realized…Indecent, the powerful play by Paula Vogel, sheds an eye-opening light on a little-known time when theatrical history, Jewish culture, and the frank depiction of homosexuality intersected, with explosive results.” —New York Times “Gorgeous. Illuminating and heartbreaking. Rich in sympathy and humor, Indecent has the scope of an epic but the intimacy of a chamber piece…It celebrates and illustrates the power of theater.” —Time Out New York “A moving and fascinating play…A singular achievement… The historical perspective is vast and knowing…Has there ever been anything quite like Indecent, a play that touches—I mean deeply touches—so much rich emotion about history and the theater, anti-Semitism, homophobia, censorship, world wars, red-baiting, and oh, yes, joyful human passion?...An extraordinary play.” —Newsday “Indecent is more than a play about forbidden love: It’s about theater as a life force.” —New York Post When Sholem Asch wrote God of Vengeance in 1907, he didn’t imagine the height of controversy the play would eventually reach. Performing at first in Yiddish and German, the play’s subject matter wasn’t deemed contentious until it was produced in English, when the American audiences were scandalized by the onstage depiction of an amorous affair between two women. Paula Vogel’s newest work traces the trajectory of the show’s success through its tour in Europe to its abrupt and explosive demise on Broadway in 1923—including the arrest of the entire production’s cast and crew. Paula Vogel is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of How I Learned to Drive. Her other plays include Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq, A Civil War Christmas, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and The Baltimore Waltz, among others. She has also had a distinguished career as a teacher and mentor to younger playwrights, first at Brown University and then at the Yale School of Drama.
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    October 23, 2017
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“Indecent reminds us of the power of art to tell us truths long before we are able to recognize them as such.” ― Los Angeles Times

“Indecent sheds an eye-opening light on a little-known time when theatrical history, Jewish culture, and the frank depiction of homosexuality intersected, with explosive results.” ― New York Times

About the Author

Paula Vogel's play How I Learned to Drive received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Lortel Prize, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and New York Drama Critics Awards for Best Play, as well as earning Vogel her second Obie. Other plays include The Baltimore Waltz, Desdemona, And Baby Makes Seven, The Long Christmas Ride Home, A Civil War Christmas, and Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq. She has also had a distinguished career as a teacher and mentor to younger playwrights, first at Brown University and currently at the Yale School of Drama.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XPLGT43
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Theatre Communications Group (October 23, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 23, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 858 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 87 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 204

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Paula Vogel is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of How I Learned to Drive. Her other plays include Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq, A Civil War Christmas, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and The Baltimore Waltz, among others. She has also had a distinguished career as a teacher and mentor to younger playwrights, first at Brown University and then at the Yale School of Drama.

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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204 global ratings

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susan rosenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars Indecent rocks!
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2018
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Thank you Paula Vogel. This is a brilliant piece of writing. I read the original play by Sholem Asch a few months ago, so was somewhat prepared for your version, but you bring such outstanding creativity by blending the real life situations of the cast and involved persons with one of the major themes of the play - the lesbianism - that I was thoroughly entertained and also moved to tears. I hope some day to be able to see your play.
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Etienne
5.0 out of 5 stars Deeply Moving
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2020
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It’s been a WHILE since I’ve been THIS affected by a text. I want everyone I know to read this play or watch it performed. Worth every penny and every minute and so, SO important.
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Susan A Radtke
4.0 out of 5 stars Great play
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2021
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Another great play
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Mr. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Paula Vogel Is A National Treasure
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2019
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As with "The Baltimore Waltz' and "How I Learned to Drive", the playwright is able to take on content that others would treat in a more heavy-handed, on-the-nose manner and infuse it with her own love of humanity and deceptively light touch to create a truly memorable theatrical experience.
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triathlondude
5.0 out of 5 stars It was amazing. One of the most beautiful plays I've seen ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2018
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I saw the Broadway show about a year and a half ago. It was amazing. One of the most beautiful plays I've seen in a long time. I wanted the script so I could go back and see it again in my mind's eye and observe how Ms. Vogel crafted her incredible play.
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marissa
5.0 out of 5 stars Great play, made me cry.
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2019
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This paperback version was of Paula Vogel's Indecent was perfect for my American Drama clay. The play itself was enjoyable.
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Monica
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read and See! Great Play!
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2020
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Amazing work by talented playwright Paula Vogel. Great story. Must read!
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Bradley Mott
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2018
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So thought provoking, and it really stays with you!
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