9780571211746
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Doug Wright
Format Paperback
Dimensions 5.30 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 0.40 (d)
Pages 112
Publisher Faber and Faber
Publication Date February 2004
ISBN 9780571211746
Book ISBN 10 0571211747
About Book

I Am My Own Wife is the winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

From the Obie Award-winning author of Quills comes this acclaimed one-man show, which explores the astonishing true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. A transvestite and celebrated antiques dealer who successfully navigated the two most oppressive regimes of the past century-the Nazis and the Communists—while openly gay and defiantly in drag, von Mahlsdorf was both hailed as a cultural hero and accused of colluding with the Stasi. In an attempt to discern the truth about Charlotte, Doug Wright has written "at once a vivid portrait of Germany in the second half of the twentieth century, a morally complex tale about what it can take to be a survivor, and an intriguing meditation on everything from the obsession with collecting to the passage of time" (Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times).

Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Reviews

Village Voice

...saucy, sagacious, entirely fascinating solo play...

BackStage

...riveting theatre...the structure of the play is original, challenging, and involving.

NY Times

I AM MY OWN WIFE is the most stirring new work to appear on Broadway this fall...both moving and intellectually absorbing.

A.P.

I AM MY OWN WIFE revels in a particular time and place, but it is more than a historical document. The play is a vivid portrait of a unique person whose ability to endure has been turned into a highly theatrical journey.

nytheatre.com

A truly remarkable experience in the theatre, I AM MY OWN WIFE is a must-see...an experience that is intellectual, theatrical, funny, and poignant...the integrity of his writing provokes us to think, it teaches us a history we never knew we had, and without forgiveness and sentiment unravels the story of one life.