Persephone ; or, Slow time /
In the first act, Giuseppe, a Florentine sculptor in 1507, chisels away at a block of marble that is slowly taking shape as a statue of the forlorn Demeter, mourning for her daughter Persephone, who has been abducted to the underworld. The unfinished and immobile Demeter becomes the play's narr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Dramatists Play Service,
[2009]
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| Summary: | In the first act, Giuseppe, a Florentine sculptor in 1507, chisels away at a block of marble that is slowly taking shape as a statue of the forlorn Demeter, mourning for her daughter Persephone, who has been abducted to the underworld. The unfinished and immobile Demeter becomes the play's narrator. Demeter is the focus of the play, but her words mostly go unheard by the characters around her. Giuseppe becomes too self absorbed to appreciate his sculpture. Nonetheless Giuseppe finally breathes life into the inanimate; Demeter becomes his masterpiece. Demeter is realized, but Giuseppe is not. |
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| Physical Description: | 70 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780822223740 0822223740 |