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Esteemed scholar and theater aficionado Marvin Carlson has seen an unsurpassed number of theatrical productions in his long and distinguished career. Ten Thousand Nights is a lively chronicle of a half-century of theatre-going, in which Carlson recalls one memorable production for each year from 1960 to 2010. These are not conventional reviews, but essays using each theatre experience to provide an insight into the theatre and theatre-going at a particular time. The range of performances covered is broad, from edgy experimental fare to mainstream musicals, most of them based in New York but with stops at major theatre events in Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Milan, and elsewhere. The engagingly written pieces convey a vivid sense not only of each production but also of the particular venue, neighborhood, and cultural context, covering nearly all significant movements, theatre artists, and groups of the late twentieth century.

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Marvin Carlson has probably attended more performances than any other person on the planet ... One couldn't ask for a more amiable, passionate, astute, and knowledgeable guide to a rich half shy century of work for the stage. - Alisa Solomon, Columbia School of Journalism The appeal of this book extends far beyond academia ... To people who work in theatre, it offers an exhilarating excursion through the great achievements of the past half-century; to theatre lovers, a delightful memory palace as well as supplement to our own cherished recollections of great performances; finally, to students and young artists, an inspiring invitation to embark on their own lifelong voyages of artistic discovery. - Una Chaudhuri, New York University

This book distils fifty years of theatregoing into fifty succinct yet illuminating reviews ... That this book is the product of a deep and lifelong love for the theatre is clear - Times Literary Supplement Marvin Carlson has probably attended more performances than any other person on the planet . . . One couldn't ask for a more amiable, passionate, astute, and knowledgeable guide to a rich half shy century of work for the stage. - Alisa Solomon, Columbia School of Journalism The appeal of this book extends far beyond academia . . . To people who work in theatre, it offers an exhilarating excursion through the great achievements of the past half-century; to theatre lovers, a delightful memory palace as well as supplement to our own cherished recollections of great performances; finally, to students and young artists, an inspiring invitation to embark on their own lifelong voyages of artistic discovery. - Una Chaudhuri, New York University

Author Information

Marvin Carlson is Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre, Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies, City University of New York and director of the Marvin Carlson Theatre Center at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. His many influential books have been translated into fifteen languages.

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