Gilgamesh – A Verse Play

Title: Gilgamesh - A Verse Play
Author: Komunyakaa, Yusef and Gracia, Chad
Price: $47.95

This title provides the first dramatic adaptation of Gilgamesh. Bringing new life to the world's oldest story, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa and dramaturg Chad Gracia have refashioned a classic Sumerian legend into a compelling verse play. This new version is like no other and will take its place among the most powerful and engaging interpretations of this timeless tale. According to \"Publishers Weekly\", 'this is a dramatic work of sinewy vitality, with a real hero who moves and breathes on the stage'.

REVIEW
\"Unique, powerful, and beautifully succinct, this Gilgamesh is marked by Komunyakaa's personal style and vision. He and Gracia wipe the dust off of the old broken cuneiform tablets and make the characters in the epic come alive.\" RICHARD CECIL, author of Twenty First Century Blues

AUTHORS
YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA is a professor in the creative writing department at New York University.
CHAD GRACIA is a theater producer and consultant. He has edited six verse plays and writes extensively on theater.

Publisher: University Press of New England
Publication date: 15/05/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780819568243
Publishing status: Last copy archived