MUD by Maria Irene Fornes by kaitlin vance on Prezi.

This examination focuses on an investigation of playwright Maria Irene Fornes' repertoire, in the context of her style, through producing and directing her 1983 play Mud. Included in this exploration is a critical analysis of Fornes' literary work through a sampling of plays within her vast expanse of literature: The Conduct of Life, Sarita, Fefu and Her Friends, and Mud.

Cecilia H. C. Liu 3 Mud: The Imploding Subject. Fornes emphasizes context in this play in order to make a broad political statement about the powerlessness of the individual against the power of the institutions the individual inhabits.

Maria Irene Fornes 14 The first draft of Mud was created and performed at the 6th Padua Hills Festival, Claremont, California, in July, 1983. It was directed and designed by the author, with the following cast: Lloyd Gregory Pace Mae Mary Jo Pearson John O'Keefe Henry The present version was presented at the Theater for the New City, 162.