Plays of Our Own

<p><em>Plays of Our Own</em> is the first anthology of its kind containing an eclectic range of plays by Deaf and hard-of-hearing writers. These writers have made major positive contributions to world drama or Deaf theatre arts. </p><p>Their topics range from those completely unrelated to deafness to those with strong Deaf-related themes such as a dreamy headstrong girl surviving a male-dominated world in Depression-era Ireland; a famous Spanish artist losing his hearing while creating his most controversial art; a Deaf African-American woman dealing with AIDS in her family; and a Deaf peddler ridiculed and rejected by his own kind for selling ABC fingerspelling cards. The plays are varied in style – a Kabuki western an ensemble-created variety show a visual-gestural play with no spoken nor signed language a cartoon tragicomedy historical and domestic dramas and a situation comedy. This volume contains the well-known Deaf theatre classics <em>My Third Eye </em>and<em> A Play of Our Own</em>.</p><p>At long last directors producers Deaf and hearing students professors and researchers will be able to pick up a book of Deaf plays for production consideration Deaf culture or multicultural analysis or the simple pleasure of reading.</p>