My Head Was a Sledgehammer: Six Plays

by Richard Foreman, Marc Robinson (Introduction)

This new collection of Foreman's plays included Eddie Goes To Poetry City (Seattle and New York versions), The Mind King, Samuel's Major Problems, My Head Was a Sledgehammer and I've Got the Shakes. The directions included with each play elucidate the playwrights intent and crystallize his philosphy of theater. In addition, an unannotated version of My Head Was a Sledgehammer provides a look at the powerful languague of Foreman's theaer, apart from stage directions that may limit one's inerpretation.

Genres: Theatre, Plays, Drama, Fiction

338 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Richard Foreman was an American avant-garde playwright and the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.

Reviews

[Hillary · Rating 4 out of 5]

need to see in person

[Chambers Stevens · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really tried to read these plays.
All six of them.
I can't tell if Richard Foreman is a genius or a fool.