Thornton Wilder Journal Issue 1 Cover
Published by Penn State University Press
The ninth issue of the Thornton Wilder Journal (volume 5, issue 1) is available from Penn State University Press.
This is a special issue with most content based on Wilder’s previously unpublished play Villa Rhabani, which he wrote based on his year in Rome after graduating from Yale. In addition to the unfinished play manuscript, we have three articles related to Villa Rhabani and three interviews of theatre artists who were involved with the only production of the play in Naples in 2015.
In addition, this publication offers reviews of significant productions of his plays. Here is the table of contents:
The Thornton Wilder Society
Editors’ Note
Villa Rhabani: An Unfinished Play by Thornton Wilder
Articles
Villa Rhabani: Foreshadowing Wilder’s Masterpieces by Stephen J. Rojcewicz Jr.
Villas and Vanguards: Thornton Wilder in Capri in 1920 by Dianna Pickens
Space, Sexuality, and Thornton Wilder’s Villa Rhabani by Ben Robbins
Villa Rhabani in Production: Three Interviews by Terryl Hallquist
Unearthing The Emporium: An Interview with Christopher Salazar by Elizabeth Klett
Performance Reviews
The Matchmaker, Rex Theatre, Athens, Greece by Aris Sobotis
Our Town, Stageworks Theatre, Tampa, Florida by Nicole Crowther and Paul E. Finocchiaro
The Emporium, Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas by Jeffrey Ullom
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