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''The Kentucky Cycle'' is a series of nine one-act plays by Robert Schenkkan that explores American mythology, particularly the mythology of the West, through the intertwined histories of three fictional families struggling over a portion of land in the Cumberland Plateau. The play won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. ==Production history== ''The Kentucky Cycle'' was the result of several years of development, starting in New York City at New Dramatists and the Ensemble Studio Theatre. The two-part, six hour epic was further developed at the Taper Lab New Work Festival Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum and the Sundance Institute.〔Schenkkan, Robert. ("Script" ) ''The Kentucky Cycle'' (books.google.com), Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1994, ISBN 0822213095, pp. 3-5, accessed July 31, 2014〕 The complete cycle of short plays had its world premiere in June 1991 at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington.〔〔(History ) intiman.org, accessed July 29, 2014〕 It was produced as part of the Mark Taper Forum's 25th Anniversary Season on January 18, 1992.〔 The play was awarded the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,〔("Drama" ) pulitzer.org, accessed July 30, 2014〕 the first time in the history of the award that a play was so honored which had not first been presented in New York City. (This feat would be repeated in 2003 with Nilo Cruz's ''Anna in the Tropics''.〔Simonson, Robert. ("Tolstoy and Tobacco: ''Anna in the Tropics'' Brings Cruz to Broadway, Nov. 16" ) playbill.com, November 16, 2003〕 ''The Kentucky Cycle'' also won both the PEN Centre West and the 1993 LA Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Play.〔Heffley, Lynne ( " 'Cycle,' 'Angels' Top Critic Awards : Theater: 'Kentucky Cycle' takes 5 honors including outstanding production, shared with 'Angels in America' and 'Melody Jones" ) ''The Los Angeles Times'', March 9, 1993〕 In 1993 it was produced at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.〔Rousuck, J. Wynn. ("Actor's play began as 'Tall Tales' and just kept growing" ) ''The Baltimore Sun'', September 14, 1993〕 The play opened on Broadway on November 14, 1993 at the Royale Theatre and closed on December 12, 1993 after 33 performances and 15 previews.〔(" ''The Kentucky Cycle'' Broadway" ) playbillvault.com, accessed July 30, 2014〕 It was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award, as well as three Tony Awards.〔 Confronted by the massive Tony success of its Pulitzer successor, Tony Kushner's ''Angels in America: Millennium Approaches'', the production failed to garner a single award. The Broadway opening night cast included John Aylward, Lillian Garrett-Groag, Gail Grate, Katherine Hiler, Ronald Hippe, Gregory Itzin, Stacy Keach, Ronald William Lawrence, Scott MacDonald, Tuck Milligan, Randy Oglesby, Jeanne Paulson, Stephen Lee Anderson, Michael Hartman, Philip Lehl, Patrick Page, Susan Pellegrino, James Ragland, Jennifer Rohn, Novel Sholars, and Lee Simon, Jr. The director was Warner Shook.〔 The play generated controversy with some Kentucky writers that claimed it trafficked in stereotypes. Others lauded what they saw as the plays' honesty. In 2001, the play was directed in Eastern Kentucky by a native Kentuckian with a cast that included both local and out-of-state actors. It continues to be produced across the United States, and is published by Dramatists Play Service. 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「The Kentucky Cycle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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