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The Tibetan Book of the Dead (or "How Not To Do It Again")
Author(s):
Jean-claude Van Itallie
Based on the classic Buddhist text, the play deals with the transmigration of the soul, and the choices to be made as the spirit hovers in suspended animation. Brilliantly theatrical in concept and execution, the piece blends music, mime, dance movement and spoken dialogue to create the perpetual stream of colors, sensations and illusions which assail the transient soul and seek to distract it from its proper course. Envisioned as taking place within a human skull, the play depicts the soul re-experiencing the life cycle as, momentarily, it floats free from the trials of earthly existence, while striving to overcome the ambitions, wants, jealousies and fears which can obscure the crucial turning point at which it can rejoin the living "like a king" --head held high and with the errors of previous existence both comprehended and surmounted.
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| Genre(s): | Not Available | | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 7 | | Male Characters: | 5 | | Female Characters: | 2 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $50 per performance. SPECIAL NOTE: An annotated score containing the original music composed by Steven Gorn for the New York production of this play is available through the Play Service for $7.95 per set. The fee for use of this music is $10.00 per performance
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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