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Edward Einhorn (born September 6, 1970) is an American playwright, theater director, and novelist, noted for the comic absurdism of his drama and the imaginative richness of his literary works. A native of Westfield, New Jersey, Einhorn graduated from Westfield High School, where he was an editor of the student newspaper ''Hi's Eye''.〔Staff. ("Former Westfielder Publishes First Novel, 'Paradox in Oz'" ), ''The Westfield Leader'', February 3, 2000. Accessed March 5, 2011.〕 He attended Johns Hopkins University. In 1992 he started the Untitled Theater Company #61 in New York (co-founded with his older brother David Einhorn, who has produced plays for the company). With that company, Edward Einhorn has directed T. S. Eliot's ''Sweeney Agonistes'', Eugène Ionesco's ''The Bald Soprano'', Dennis Potter's ''Brimstone and Treacle'', and Richard Foreman's ''My Head Was a Sledgehammer'' among other works. He has staged a festival of the complete plays of Eugène Ionesco, a festival of the complete plays of Václav Havel, a calypso musical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's ''Cat's Cradle'', an adaptation of ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'',〔(A Test for Humanity in a Postapocalyptic World ), ''The New York Times'', December 3, 2010.〕 and a "NEUROfest" of plays on aspects of neurology. Off-Broadway, he directed ''Fairy Tales of the Absurd'', a trilogy of one-act plays, two by Ionesco and one (''One Head Too Many'') by himself.〔(Lunar Voyage On Wings Of Whimsy ), ''The New York Times'', June 18, 2003,〕 As playwright, Einhorn has composed one-act and full-length plays, including dramas on Jewish legends〔Edward Einhorn, ''The Golem, Methuselah, and Shylock: Plays by Edward Einhorn'', New York, Theater 61 Press, 2005.〕 and a series of plays on neurological conditions — ''The Boy Who Wanted to be a Robot'' (on Asperger syndrome), ''The Taste of Blue'', (on synesthesia), ''Strangers'' (on Korsakov's syndrome), and ''Linguish'' (on aphasia). He has adapted the ''Lysistrata'' of Aristophanes for modern audiences.〔Aristophanes, ''Lysistrata'', adapted by Edward Einhorn, New York, Theater 61 Press, 2007.〕 He has also written a few plays on Czech subjects, such as ''Rudolf II'' (based on the 16th century Emperor who lived in Prague), and ''The Velvet Oratorio'' (a Vaněk play staged at Lincoln Center and based on the events of the Velvet Revolution).〔(A Revolution Set to Music ), ''Wall Street Journal'', November 14, 2009〕 His most personal play, ''Drs. Jane and Alexander'', is a found text piece about his mother and his grandfather, Alexander Wiener, who discovered the Rh factor in blood. He has written two Oz novels, ''Paradox in Oz''〔Edward Einhorn, ''Paradox in Oz'', San Diego, Hungry Tiger Press, 1999.〕 and ''The Living House of Oz''〔Edward Einhorn, ''The Living House of Oz'', San Diego, Hungry Tiger Press, 2005.〕 (both illustrated by Eric Shanower), as well as a number of short stories. He has also written two picture books on mathematical subjects for young readers: ''A Very Improbable Story'',〔Edward Einhorn, ''A Very Improbable Story,'' Watertown, MA, Charlesbridge Press, 2008.〕 on the subject of probability, and ''Fractions in Disguise'', on the subject of fractions.〔(''Kirkus'' review )〕 A number of his plays have also been published, including his Hanukkah drama, ''Playing Dreidel with Judah Maccabee'' 〔(Midwest book review, ''Playing Dreidel'' )〕 In 2011, he authored the first English language translation of Václav Havel's final play, ''The Pig, or Václav Havel's Hunt for a Pig'',〔(Backstage review, ''The Pig'' )〕〔(''New York Times'' review, ''The Pig'' )〕 as well as Havel's one-act, ''Ela, Hela, and the Hitch''. Both were published, as part of Theater 61 Press' Havel Collection. Einhorn also wrote the introductions to all the books in the Havel Collection.〔(Theater 61 Press'' )〕 In 2014 and 2015, he created and produced the show ''Money Lab'', an economic vaudeville, produced at HERE Arts Center in Manhattan and The Brick in Brooklyn.〔(''Village Voice'' review, Money Lab )〕〔(blogcritics review, Money Lab )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Einhorn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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