Chapter Two Geopathology: The Painful Politics of Location ‘The breks and non sop in Tvigorin's repose to Treple's plrlee—the djoncons il recopnizs betwen dum and meaning. 3 lng and sini, pesformance and place, and (most snexpecedy 2nd omic) bepwec art and maue-—enespelt th opi of his caper ‘Whi stall faassen prima on the gee of home, exe, tnd dsporsession in cry men dramay te ft wih to bing out that thee figure re atated and mold by an sndelying principe fr which wis coin the em eopatlgy The problem of pla ted plc pln ~infon eis Gn ely, appearing Tie most fndamenal dlocation i he one that nad ere 20 omy shat between humankind and pate, Which i ees of the eas (but not only thot) maker of mature x mete sting semery" This pre between human beings and their ature avi ronment a prcetbe sublet na gre dof pore Romande drm ff the Ite since cemary, epecliy ste works of Ibsen std {Chathov. However, wo grap the signicace of hit “calogial” mat Til ed the eae dncaed a nt understood pect of mode dr,Se whe sabe fm ig thro yeni! wine ‘st hl Som, ne ly sin er yen king nd agg eee ‘between places and people, " TS bap hw hit ape,» pf polo on orm sn sp ep oc 2 fponson, whch ty be tel ence as Sie ten naa Kon nso segs we ‘Stone Toe dulcis ne gas te foe Fat prion ming ait ma whee oe ee Sri ony ny spon nea She owsomig oe puerta Acting Home sarees ony moder ama toi mot sa most shusopobie ccs has the word ony Ine tle ONS Lg Der Jy ins Night ia) exec an ensing and dpsed sein mod dma etn sind of poary f roge—ar af smovenent of development, of shnge—ind Be magicte power af ice The esonbeeon tae tw fre, which La Bes 2 cas sn sgl escape or feed and» died rerum ot sey” (Home Sweet Home” 239, serves im eff tose te hie onl op nag al epa Snpngbu pao Are ‘mor vrs (for example in Mi Jule sown the preceding chaps contic beeen psn exept ham po seetoftfshoning th sland the world gins eed noson of ae 2s ae. At ich ines, meuphoiedpee~in various gus chang sch macroconetrct maton and even ate, a well re mine, dane och me deta fw nd a lysing an nfloence upon the pogo ta spe dpe cee ther overtding mitson and dee " ‘ ‘Ths, prs. he confi Nels aeowing ey, reniting what | woul ll» gepuhicdamanrgy.° wck toy dicen oa anf Yeo Pa poet aor Cnpmse amet fees emaon ‘Tyrone’s addiction and Edmund Tyrone's consumption. The latte func Sours pie ope ae pe imped asta ted foe eae ere ee eaome Thi th pit th git pipe dc sd vile wh ich ce oppreive heal now ese dss ney Sequtet? Parmance sen we adon tie oe Symtoms of what am ang geoph dondes, Ue ae na by one ecnon tke mor complexe of he op of prormaneinn med ing r aysom any sow power ind pobre ie nt onl thers fe dans bt sg as suerte opie rd A med mentee ae ng Saline hugh ee py ot ee, Chethon sha ON Ne 20 on sing remorse cerie ay nie ti fre In Lng Bay mayne Rig taeda Fotermanee—sands scons cer spimonypre ane fc ewe fmer Tyrone neon niece a Mr’ scone wen shot "preg tha one the pie reps outage ns une of a sa einen denote alla of tama ere ros eof te pt mam of pens a ceca ‘che ns ofthe my frm indoor tsi he spn" he rosea toc pty nt pr sh gopperomanes dea nd o teil seve the iy shaky septa ssi to sped tidal "Is umeammae ogee ie ain to seaifthinworsome."nys hey Shea et wala ow ence bbc andre a Ea The thing foe ofthe cesar dor" Woden wih ged here bother an eae oi 1 se te vats ini ml out es of es es Be *sonSe ito dag to aol ort antigua “rata Geren + Und of comepnip to he Cea ae Sena) pine of ome sd ta han ese ‘be Tyo: Moreover cn cian acon ign, ing th ten porn spew seg seat i oe, the at fae; om th slcimepree sage he fae Cae sony oral worldview pend, an Wong i eens is tnporiyschve The hypene as ob She age reed in thon th on eee ee ee i spats whoa say wating ear he lee a of the “poison, 2 * nanan Among the most drmaticly productive sige ofthe poiton ie arate. As the character snk deeper it the fog ofthe porphin ot the slcahol dey bein reveal the scare fhe ie orc they bare ‘rtrd fr tomate So deed and spe re thee toes—and so convincingly intend, so mural supportve—dat they begin | ‘abl hemaclver the uneryng tah fhe play. To a degre that SS sorpesng ven when we Know tht dis ta Mghy autobiographical ‘work the characters of this ply tae ver the hermeneutic pret nor lly served forthe pectatr, ede, snd ei, ering lengthy 208 Complex interpretations of thet condions. However, the “peychosnayse” performed by the characters se snscs ended win what forthe adince "gecesi" oom prehensive evocation and exposure ofthe meaning. human tes, of lace ‘The plce—the Tyrone sly deficient home~-erit in elation to's mimbe of eter places evoed ia the courte ofthe characters a= tations: Marys chidhood home, the convent she aloe joined, the decent, promntble homes abe skarred fom, the anatoriss whid Edmund ms s00n go andthe ener soceaton ofthe tes, bar, nd brothel where the men in the fy ve sought confor. The Tongsd-fc home tus appears a se-depacng place «pas csed by the menting int ofthe incommenmrate urges to ide and Yo evapo Here peng mee erly dn anywhere ea we set heel rguty staged bythe prychologiclmil-catreai drama: the cont be- (seen the uit yearing for antele canting or density home forthe ele + soon of one's ovm—ad the dst wo deterioiie the sel “The fresh dspace the Tyrone home and rede it sles 62 ome reno oly the mbjective ftir of the dial aly mem es Natron ith psychologie stein to complete he goo thc pure. The howe also exists elton to the marrounding fp trhose mouafl voice the foghor, penetrates deep sto the fy ightmate This fogs not only seer cumbersome symbol wide by the playwright isons to ny his ccount oF isos Mographic pst buss convenient and appropriate metaphor snd bythe chase- ters themslies to del with thr geoph codons. Like the mars ver with which he characters plc he present ety of hi as tin, the fog es over the sad geography ofthis Fel home and fie resance to the reaty of ale oer places i no. The fog promises an ultimate conguet of pace, an end wo the torturous feo"Paolo et reve it be. fee 4 mate of discrepancy berween prions human orders suey ijn says tore en gr ine se eal ain. iss world wid aie ee PP Ditch even wllng THE it sas eee bate Se we is de ora ‘ound tvs wich inn sump rs ‘What Dura ss eens otra woul gst, an abut wold o tus. Alsen, iniey |S projected ont eran neal ‘themselves into. seate of ndby tne nf the "esting black water” Faw Major Payy roy eee Noe tasted to het unprcedented aa! esape, and A Dells hoo ae gue lie in he sory ofthe lain fie geet ana 4 matter of fact, it is possible to argue thatthe take Psychological isto eco of locaton te algal bach mzodsced nd surpned ace, Around the figue of Noss comme heed not only-+ new ford ch nd velecopind) socal pot women, bt ako anew application athe pate otpkeg nn Among te many conti sd develop at Uk een dean an, Snr, td Chatto med pees, {ke burg oman natu, oe of te mt clog ean te goth faa aman Inte dom of Serie, Stu, Dur, Pier and on then woman ser ane ip zeabeay en woman,» ct ht comes pice neon ote ‘ery ie veo of he gue to be fond nthe er dene ‘Whe hc maa bes ota o et wore deb wot rece and especie, darting omen hat Cecil in th ya (Be fallen woman wat soon wth he roman ws par) thaw de ced a Gd es ae izmnpay) onthe moment he dowel an me te proces crt sod dograason x bj nally sap he ace ot etn! mode vers ction Ste fees, the modern deaa ea + dee sp toward fre + lcraan-even = huak—ofteneprenio. Aironet el hogh be inet Inthe poem of decine—of elapse, losis rama diced me nbje te problema home’ Tn Noss exeponaly dt sonal guia this ia ante cg oe whore ones rove tac eaten oe roman he pat ex sua bre, x Wilom Wonn ns, ai wow spar” G0) Now in some ewe, «wom wih» use hough fer ranspresion bas been, signal inthe ram of taeay fale arse Bat tp the pyr Bay oo CCHEE ST Tf eadton we ade leona pie the ert, noel, sod fe ingrance othe py devs om + ‘ery df Und cf eamormaon a Nee, Nowts 0c log, ly ropping oat andi ile ons the lngs of women Bee Dama’ Caloric’ Pel Taney ing) te eal Conran issn so oreo oar he fre. Ths ter, bance so Sinus Noa il fom emerge nom Geqznrston or dopdsoncemped by arc ie Mi Jae, eds Gates snd Mine Raney. Te fare osenon of Now fin ert anor he lessen dh someing at an te indestood par andr the gre of ok (Robe Drain ‘owe ut moe ily rfc fae plo aion, Now ‘Sr bots ring afer he py sce ot pote eraaon ‘ac expeene dupe poeta area inher ere ear a he cd of the iy.« Se Pl However, itis important to noe that the hers of depure tes the thematic of the reais drama ony a anon en racial plot convention. Even Not, one ofthe few chee ae scceded—and 20 teouningy!*—inacilly embodying te Het {etd with crs of dsppeoval and dismay that epee grote ‘estas, Though we may agiee with Shaw's portent tees te, "Non rv is the cad of + eape inhuman hry” (ted op Field, x), the cal frm afer sella departs era come the norm for reo. A I he skepticism expreed about the Sonclasion of A Dalls Hau, al the dctsions sal the tras stout is aftrmath'8 made ita oneime-only outcome, a ind of aie ‘ex for al ftureprocagois ho share Novos pinion Aft Nora, the bericdeparerehicomes sn imposible ideal for “ling” characters ike Mis Je, Hedda Gatien, Revers Rene nd Master Buide Sons, who wil be forced to eave te pre of leccon tough te mechanism of eeudoapey. sade Oe eat mphant cone wil contrasted won ote ndscive deporte tihow’s chances. To find anater desmatc ending tha ets, pate as vividly os A Dos Howe we would have cole cc ‘ell ogee nd lok as fino pow dramas Synge vot The Plphoy ef the Wes Wo. Noe unl Symge's Chany Ne, throws off hisses of obligation os cormmanity Sle lnconn co roms to spend the rex otis “romping ough herd ok do we gta inl ex a delopcaly mening! Nowe {Csi acl transgressive ston the problem offing home can help to ltuminate Nor’ departure fom her howe he ae ‘mati sgiicans es ins couplag of tal doplacemea wilco, hing eter than deth—with ire This aspect af the plage ae, Imatrgy has nok recived the anion i deerver, pay bee oy toch atten hasbeen focused on Ibsen's mantel crponann ea ‘arlotation ofthe gat. Yer the figure of prophecy conta soc drama, and, as Rolf Fede nots, "What bee of A Das eat ‘aplics in kind cal he sobsequen plays the ded and wore this many-ectord batdepround of rales be sethed one ae ‘ie sasered signposts pointing towaed he word w le (cas eons added, What distinguishes Nors fom all of Ten ltr “dead and rounded," would argue i precy that her projection nes on Salve nd actual, not mere prophesied and vitae, Tht senlann, ‘ofthe fare is responsible fr the tes of ustopabe desea ot ‘expt 4 tet ayant donno og oe mid coc ss oe of al sf Eel eel ‘openness, distinctly different from the usual emotional ca- ‘ars that scempeies the elton of conic. This perspec Snakes ero i of tl apes em at cy Dyan us pant a wade eo lc ans et heb" hal St Sd momen slew ook who tent oral eed a fino decom mong oe al oer i 5A mo cee mf nt Ht ot a ot ‘opt thon “noe a emo ‘elo er nn ii oes akin apy. 99." " vp rh he opens sd by he concn well te eal ens timp, angers a odds wh te surrounding aa one eet py De ‘Simin ey. Teeth ine es at Fy, So mocha odds wth ret damn (wich ade pc Tlocpenory mer) she pay feel ncn see ‘Das Hose can be cn not 2 the begining of omething Ge waly ISteuticl orocel gem ns wasps, por sce out non ete the cranagy ro Sn ttich woud be moe fll and iroialy shored by Chekbor, bu SSeS mene op ney me Tenet eso rs a ster et npn I Ons Nos kato ving nt staying come cn ae eng, ove racy pon el palm ‘ton ei tan pea hy taps o'r oh Ieee on en og, Seb ocr hep er ina vrai bch nec queso wheal go sna ht one gs - Te dnmsnr me at no ly py ot ef pacys expresioni, in which the rao i wnfrne imo sts emet of deamats sno The Sere dia scarey essa sss cam of deputre but des on ply afer play, hs wap a eh ato incites, with eee ace ovine coon Georg Kars From om o Mini, ok an ext ea ample, te geopuie bss of exes hebeted ee uct, whe the ropa mrs» ston by taping ee sors on Been tht Cengage Stops hijo bank coir ind ld pa ha ‘wh tre othe a marsed momen win tees ne The sg i joarcy brings hints ome Wt 8 Teena Pahoogy iy saticjourne fem Grndneter nding ina chit, Danes: oe bay with cobra Wie we eg ae Sn also ts, ou ec a ee emt ay, omen Mauri cero Th pe fringe ee work Heanhhome fee fning Riche Shoe die. Boro, argon ne Ty Sl tng Tn eyo back ld Te le puted ack pith wale nd wn It ss ang yell eofie~ew Ie, ae eon ‘This deathly home ingurtes eh ourey of many an expeesioniie ero, but his quest remains isc within the geopatic meee ‘niating i a dat (ot, in some ens destin ME) tat euperces _eoputhology’s sense of plea ate. Expesionin eto le faa clever’ Son (The Son), Et Tllers Fredric (The Teper Nai Bras Joes (The Emperor Jone) and Yank (The Hy apy Wiliams’ Val Oman Deze) sad hs Queene and Kisoy re Rail) name only some ofthe Bex known—each exponen ot laces tat hold ot the promise of new mos of being bret als, ‘matey betray an onshakable complicy with he tes ofthe eon home of gopatology. The faire of th expressioniic qua por sonal libration preordsine, fr te exprestonst hero lescoompetecd bya geopathcreltion wo place: be hold the imposible convoy doe home i ple and eat no pice can bes home, ‘U-topian Dramaturgy eee re Sse ‘where he should feel at home, when he is where he supposedly belongs, ncaa eet oS “ment enj 73 FateTal quest. The Ibsen hero demands, above all, » ae be'one’s self, be found?” (53). In Brand—that is, before Ibsen discovered See eer res eae mat: par mg oil ina eee ee ee eee ae oesalt works, ii en oon, which, moreover, aj fares, mba deplcement, am ine. The lage eee ‘One ofthe pest who wilh Brad worn " and warns hi about the ee fars beeabous, And once in thse, you don r box ose you don't get eu!” Brand seed “Well cross them," ial be nye, The easonspeasey he invokes a myhial ancestry for Bran’: proposed sce "Oe ae walk 1 Your doing won's make good your tk” Brandi husk {cep the identicton: "Yer one ka shown, wih fish me Goa cottmoraryapatin of myc satan onl’ stp / Tithe och botom, neck sade a Nay ‘ea ac postions his Brand om thee eae Siding hin fom the weed of ondary prope wee ae whi fen weal so locate al us dene, Under bythe spon of flow human bing, Hand tml the now mitacou ong tamed, Hower ae i fist joutey andthe dato oe wih aha te eee a an ie secs ot agua at wl canon ae riscng protons. Agun ad agin ines sae thew the journey and the idca of departure articulate 4 powerdl ms ‘exile, in which an ideal roca eas 2p os pronto or seein 1m Brod he tion of tpl ad pr cago greed co 3 dawning ses nthe pocgonis tar oay ee expen 8 morily meaning. Ths ely ite ay none SX cessed in gopher wen Brand wie Gedy from the snowy moustan els of Wea speech ‘hed The’ dager thr” which Grd ante, pain an Sor" ae igen te vale, “Ave srg eee tats on, however, Brand angry roc any lice spree oe fotnphial metaphor, sng nt skid afcowsaly doce oe the prema she who chins dat A nono wp tan who to gre dads pines fet ist lok to wha snd eu” Bend eon ea Sempt: "0, you what baron you ce Twit ae yng lind 5). He hen procaine pogo bee ve" ih Within! That my cal Tht th way om ete my pt / One's or not hate the wold In ay tt tps, neste mroaioniry gocaya of Noctsstaton in A Duis Hout, Brands wap oe fn 3 of ccna pplnenens cred sound hefigue oftome: Home he epee reaton of dex ligation Sentencing that prevents ple rn wing the ith Sobre God. Twin th ft two acs Brand icone Someone who eps in tn caanger hil fo i brett tera ayng vo hy sog te exc of flys home Sigee thon: To the seond pack pres woman who watt Brand rom tnging nk rah er np shan sd whos pes he wrth oN, ta Pe le ont” Brand evr the ere Jatgoene "Yor howe ba pone ss). In way that onder of he oop aps fs ay (Gorn to dived bs ssw of tr ton foe sliton fo fos dof ae Br ints fs ion Thos cniclyepresed inerms ft tne om sd oppotion tothe place eu il ome Tia pc ich hi san thie” Sate? amine or pve Go sande chagig sc {ral oppottion ws sus hohe ona pak of nds “tan et om wih omg yo ep Sie ply fetta, For Bond “home hin own bore at well st Sher mudd ms ple of cpg spi alrtn: “They Some home" he says of thse who jet ht mesg Home bees ‘humaine, wher thee bent by coward sien herd tet kee “Come then alas who ton, 1 TR Seow valley ome” The coming hore ey in he pay eof dp poise ung Brandt some type: dal ae ete beyond hs eoappy ascory oC Now [now my ground: can ll very frm and boathoore well, very etary bc All comes back, ke childhood rere (Oly ea har eink today AI ok ale, ad mare pe. (or emphasis aed)* Sie ‘The fguc oboe ata diminish, rede pli of hema Sabaton baci, of eure, nA Dal eae Mel ee teint fy yg Ganache deconetinne eine ox how important when sagng A Dat Hee zt shoul bret ata home eg bk ie a nti ale). Within she ply. however, te maces tee Non’ dear tnd the ea foie home arf has etn Ions to Tora nosto Nor ki Teall aos aceite at fixie converstion speaks dundonmentinddceten ee Shndsn, cen una epe"ABsndon your hone woe Your chill... Soyoutrmostlnc hv onyoue eee ere {Fo Ma Py, 10, Nora fret as bam ee eee king ps hn, ye she smn toon “Tomas fn pee ‘home-—I mean, home where I came from" (110) e = Nor ante gulf He ftom" mean ome Irie I came Gon—conais the fll une of te mene leaded word ithe new poli of oaion Te immed ulin, th very cdo jan day hoe ee en that shh sever bern an ssonomets Kegs he a Sands howe nor in her fater Both tae pes ae no ere pudohomes, saledown rela of mas ine or hoc ben nshng ta playpen ve bes your anon oe jis 2s at home was Pap’ deh (10). The Nos ne ted to expan wit she means by home 2 demoscene nee pessoa between rion snd nnvaton, ket se obec ie tet, home ma ilar the ald camntaon of ering ee bas alealy bon dace enough fom jn conto ay bene sexes no lnger saps. Noraexpence heel te, raving on dome orem t aomewst more—it oly sighlymore—suonoe een eee ‘ame ideal pace, Her galicton, however nel the gee of ie geo of et home wth To sggats a ee Sing hunched int nother Kind of spe ogee sn ML eis inte poy ft moments Nt opine oe ‘ication der fom the ilar woman one he een ace ith fr. This moment new ietcaonfwch woe pea uid th eal of ras da snd ese oat eee ‘ner heroin) i with po, te posponie of he eee 2nd paso dre eopaoiny © Non‘ docspson of wha sh nando ons se Kas To inspec wt ihe orton) cast pogo mol ahng he ees [fey Th cee wes is hom adeno uey Srnfd acu erat Sgn mtn oly tein of cog, Se wh + wosomed ste ova ht he ‘pend etal poten cera gi ect ‘Se enmepht dene mpc of Ta dos ee ay tring ssp of oie tet et home ‘fs Ne paso, wih neve develop beyond tht di a fhamcarteg Water mean re wae te pene ray of toa eon ad so ‘Sy ap pl de i ine ueadyfpsend te ei nena of he so ep a colgst n aetomere, Net ae itor wil sq something the uty someting Coty sate demining Sos wl Cage hough at orn) wl tet which ks fees pooninad nals acon Spa one he ecrgotrtome settee i inert ‘Suen pont if sich fc ine ets Ta he Fro engl ngs pls em eo [Spat Caracal Sey ees We "pat the tien character who comes dosest to Not, hi ring her dees sw etree Ws a Dai ious donne har No do sth oe ply. he eves ome Hivng ol ted og abe, 2 Sse rin ig ans en a ‘fen egy home be meray wre he ois vhs fot, aking oi eu (emp Db Teint smal vam tc gy tv he et d's poli olin sthe nd fy nt he open rnd or he wd wo of ae Gitomer geld ymtcs ey es Bp) tr anata tats Sa One ha jut ee Geen ht wed out on hae ane Sloe dt st Ww an space ge tise fine of happy home: "30 that Thats wy Leda se mate my ped pen wt Sorat Soy tiny Wei eit ae Tere ‘henner tan any Hee ee age (139, kena te tome ewe goo, hts ede ‘equilib: oe sn in Gngeovons ae (035). - "epoca of oepon asl ep td hen, vite pobmatr home al he ae a Fer wan Cn Hag emir a aa shea hve the ing so fbn ke Giger thom rc of mation teens eee ih protlemaer of bane he bins Fe oe ee sey de” cy aw los, ie Nee ‘et (Youd hugh foun i taah oe ene lay ia systematic deaionstation of why this eso. Te of Gre natch leg eho: lowing amas Unite Capers moyenne heen lao ot en sow: pope par ate snl ngayon sens eee sez ny x mea Searing Fae Ito Har way andes, nee ee he hom of spre tient el ran rice tothe erm ofloghabe che “Oh sa Pot vos tin hte nowy om hn hon a ef Fedo ws ai om Cspot (208). 5 : Gis she rtf he hts lama roving i uo gw red peta ae Sn chin rt ened a) wei ee dot png Svopig on rhea lace “al on a ie Gexptiony ” Cin'sermmonssical ppouch ober bone mariage, my, and Geen pee yj te eof ae woman in whch Hama esto ae erate in of btm ne conse Cor ot home ome ar sal fue te aw fey a Sst. When lar polins ot i cr De he" ome Fis goo pet be" wan pipe dean” a demands co know Sin dco every dey, very ge sper ne of expen Sen've pum arcane se sya sngy Hm dene gt 9 Tuco in hot at wth boron nd he days othe" {ithe alin ht condton when hey a spac: ‘And shoud hing ou, kc jou edo ch wan so oes hw nd mean om ee ‘Surv smagand ory fe, ned pty on bo Hedi and och Sexi spending ie on fod nd Got (ce ephs ad). ‘ints anumpuion ta tppy ome cma by peopl, ot en tytn ror in te det ae of Sorby ood ere (otic reminct, m wson of Koad a Mes Tin) Topeicr dese way of nang eombip ote» Pg tec dscns of home which ped eae cont toch ‘Somes epee by Grp aan coding hich 3 pPy foe cn any be buon tl fens and De Rein’ oc {ccordingowch al apn dere om the eel elvan Sta! is", However the ply ehate doe not develo a4 Srp confict bewoce hse vos contusions ohome, ths i ing pin wc on th gedit and caer of phe of teppinco, The iid Dus oa Shin dra ota The ene longi dette nth poy ened within a pened By 4 remanc that spas to ave nothing wiser: 6 wth te ‘fin orteplay fcc sap sor syle the indorwidemee “ret el as een wien booth yb of he al oe snd tomas imporane aban the wl dack- OF he ater, Rll ewes mete hart tone fe ie yn hat a 2 ty of deaching af om the tan ying around He cops, ‘Wh he wl dct Hana? Old Huda Bot? Hedi? The ene El ini? A teeta? Moder aed an” GO). One {olin to hs rb sing siesta: te Ja Sonvo wate nie pay andeerytng nar sectoa onearcing symbolic iea/image. Thi i, more or ess, Fels soliton, and is sloguent discussion ofthe dining power of the play Se f ay seins worth ight om the sar... in hae mot contemplative room in Wee's howe wht lar and Gres seman each aes eh note sc, a Northam obser, inte that he peal gh cant by he imps is rom, he gro of tan the peat of the eu frets ht ake eevee the pen fhe dp ef i feu Alte dices ha ide he Sede fe lf acts, with ts praca orerod fa cain. speed Jog busines, stggeive of the connanne min, andthe mere te ‘oe, cavemen loner roo fll of del Henne oe tral word ete unonscs in al ave oot te the wounded wil dct undrow of Hee Wis Dat sey cots eon i ofa py urn Winagne, wen ec xine ame ee der, white i nt voyage, nly won yond sage, in thie mcs dren fore sn sale a eee eae ee ttiolated, within the ply, by Greger, although Hadvig docs adioe nucen: Dont you dat ay ta. movie: Oh yes, bees if only an ati ‘ntcins: Are you 20 sre of ht? vt: (ed) Tacs a se temtcts: Yes Do yo Know that for erin? (Adi, sec, eso hin open ss) “This is he iat non in sybolichinking that Hedi cceives 3 Grogan ans ands objet sigan theo. A Tar leon, 26 See Lnow, sft conseguenn, for she takes bi symbole reading of the wild Jack (“the dest thing you own") ove step frter and ‘ners her most pesous poston, er ie, Woald tbe to mc Sythe, tha Hedge death vacate of death by symbolism? And if iti, docs it make seme for 9 encase the puting ai-wderest ‘within a symbolic inerpeettion hat would make ie stad or he uncon ‘tious for ciation, for df, oor aometing ee, in any ese fot meting eer tan hate repn of mate, a indoor weet ‘What he ole of he wldernext—both hit eed wilderness and the other one, "up dere” Hoidst—in the play's thematic of ome, of ‘ecption and self-deception? Greges an Reinga quick to apprope= {edhe question problematic fo tha owe toot, and each ives us {TSshre answer” rhe question Greges sx the lft ss emblematic of ‘18 Hal's degradation, Reng of hs payeic survival Wal, what do you tink of thie ante going ina dark fo lk bis? Ther i happier spore nthe word than dhe td man when is poling round na jnkystd. Those for or five dved-out Chstns ts he's got—t him hee ike al the trea frets of Hoda the be and the oorter—they te the pane ‘dp in the Bi cope; and she abs hopping ats the oor— they he bears hat cll up his youth gain, out inthe mountain sir 603) However, another way of eating thi curious spac offered inthe ay osganeed coud what old da himself says and does in ean {ole For ol Ek the ft the answer tos gueton hat Grges pus to him snd that he takes very, very seviowsy "How cn 2 man ke yyorsuch an outdoorsman~live in the middle of sul iy cooped {pia thee four walle” (e5). The lots day old Ekdas way of ego is enforced aieation fom—bis paves of "al hose ‘thr things, the very rote of your sul—dut cook, sweeping Dees, the ee feof the moors and frets, among the aia an bids (ase. What sinpy a "wate and wilderness” (067) obs on Har {Stoald Eh» place of benny, ney, filet Hs point of iw is one that reins et the ara World i not merely 2 source of‘ym for the ham codon yd he ba so stonomons power tht ‘aks cast ice. Th 6 e ct mal oy Bel wh oe em el ae cot ns, he ys Ca i ays «dees eee en cxchs ip wih you. The woods he vtege se) Were so, words young igs melon desde Weck ‘ee bey agin" toes The wena rege? Could te posible ny kind of se in thin stange mapa oi ys chaser eee Sorte ings of seme ald matt weld ee segs has word memigfl an thy ate mening eee oe ‘aye cps the two dnt ves of skng Pile nd cnased nt ply trough i oer dearer syne fm pn eri end, dey employs make o date ‘hich he symbol nd he lel oe mow nay okey -rligious mode. Sect fearon (ld Eka lostip othe wood cn eed as 6, and won ins eme dasSou jac oe span ey igs” of whe Raber Pope Het an ed she cic os i thee! natn oe Wf. Acorn Henna ‘een ciation hs die ual raga complet ind cts oe sion evi oes otc a eh ne a ‘xem in plays a sexing Sopra The ld Dak a, ‘ater chapter) Caryl Churchill's Mad Fore: “e 1 ees pn i fry, hy ao spre ered. I they Inve ply ben comand ee ot levine hey hae ao rome sr eta op the eae of jute and foupe the a corpo ete ese _stoctio of danger an aun in et mds hye ae ‘co fh th wo nth go yl land itera the Wes fest appease hoe tk lop of inion gee say. Or whee our eee ‘sae contounded ‘The tuition beweon humankind and ae i age Hanson in ad onthe fess: Citing Veo’ account ft oie of ile, Haron lets the dents link, te Wee eae ington, been fret nd ban tut, pty a figure prominently inte droure of geopthlogy: home and burl For Vito the clearing of the frets “wat thee dccive ac, eligiouly nodvd, which woul led othe fouding of ies, mations and em Fc" () Ths fist version of home, Hk inte padi vrane in te dat household, petted on he desttion of he woods bins svt tabty ad oe, he ter represented in ways that sc Jt the buid-chld drama of El Homecoming ie ap 3). Hod "i's death produce the codons for aging th sand mos ge “nt in thei of men etaon derived rom he rope of mate bums bai. The genealogies the rel eee must be rote in he ypc they had once occupied thar docs humankind mark the see it as apropiated from nature: “Trough burial f te dead Sele den bday fp ani ane el ‘tte clin thes om, where cea ahers Hs ee (iba. Hmanty Baud weer res. The mae grounds ‘he hone, Hurl preserve in de sol he exence of NEY (Hate tin, 7) Te isolation fhe ly i sens pa. and Greg's i onesie attempt reonstruct he aly on= ne’ ans, in at of tees: the map woods of Hoa ae to be replaced by Greges's "Call tose deal" his veron of the iba Tee of Knowledge. era bee two eligions, ping the Chan fh (however eeulrizd in on Shsrat an dea tes Word again od Eksp woreip of fret ‘OM Fic understands and cepts the power ofthe woods and hat lived hie fe within tha understanding, Ede he way of Me has ‘produced sttong Kenton between the mun ad the WOOds, 3s ‘rien fom he ay Greer gress hin and thik of i. The rile ‘fin is fe sexe to ave een Eby him primary 8 los ofthis tray of and a lt wider sxe eo represent the only way he ts ad avi o Kesp alive bis lato to hs woods, Ths his haning” thee something ke ita, egy perormed in erder to popitt the “dangeour® power ofthe woods From te beginning ofthe ply, ld Eki repented a one who iota lice. His wey fst appearance marke im = goputhi igure ineuding ona place which he i ot oly not elem ba postehy ‘abarnseing Fl incugraty rempaiaed beh athe ste and the en lofacr when he har to Hnock bet out of the ox no which he as Inalvetny boon locked Her appearance ae incongries aw {She roams the shabby apartment dresed inhi uniform and engca su se11% His cowardly son's denis of hi in ctr we ie may noe be ‘ronan enough to make oki Ekdal 1 Chit figure ecaiy ean nuh synpsthy ons belo makchin-—ndbis contin ae Jof-—somethng more than jst comial or pubic It make Gan ft, the exemplar ofthe mast rel geopuic exptince nee on hich those of Grogs, Hine and even Norn inher pny een ag ad ivi. The placental als rom mee eon or sorb its the los of nature sll. This len les beyond ach ‘eeoery, UE ot beyond consequence. As we knee al ee we he now, the wood de take revenge ‘Theater and Reslogy propo ole te dl ono ed aan to nye psiy ae idea Mes ae 15th sedan py, a tht irl dc hind «pop se ee Pcory tar qaonnel psa en ee {i fem itn char wha tener eee sco Paps ten hs heedg ae 2c" do ter won ene eH ‘rae fet of mines of on hig af es ee ae oS Water Bein: “enh uch ag a ie auc f wher poppy ae pina “issn wer si of pe el en, tn Cae tea es te ee Ea a Solty hc ii repo nae oes al Te poy pn cane ee hae come hrm ty sow shane oe snl omens Popo ener ce oat liane eometne igh nthe psioc etm fain ade rege Thema are Pe oe i Rin not wipe ah es 2th ps op opp a a ton approxi vee or col to hig of repredcon the srt tha Big este so petily rnd ver mote uly fom ne ge "The promiype forthe Eki fe was, no doubt, dat pear sperm ing ete ee Kn ‘Bar von Sry wet in thr sey ofthis phevomenon, ls bors aire rest oxpne sn to corms pbc dehy conse Kind et "teat fre” whe be wen ont fae ree the Gi c cnewincy wes eaaed wth he we of fam, ro sd trm inthe cation of pan” (0) ary capes of te Colaive Eopan asty soot tell expeauon of tr wer pacly recogni af inant’ anaforaton of ature ae 2 Commodi tae “mci” Gaye thease of te 1 Geel sn nceningy caeravese udece masking he" tenting ote ot ook plan etd es c loigeior pundaesrencd ote per Tans) Ants of the HUTTON TS de Oe BET ich ook pas in Josep Prats Crys Paein 5) ar welll age eed aa tnt oltre ctr, te gs buses gure for ace ‘enon of hc human and mtr word ang he tar piped fig ofthe supe of i ore orig ing irs, Wes an stage ime dof eprint pos howe, spi al ge comico fs po feos Kohima and on Saey he recboue ws pe of eestor the el word, bt od same tn nes fal the oli ofthe day” (). The ono ones dacs of BRGY changing mot pipe srk in te poe fr “popes pa or and nti gency” toi th cerry pha the worng cs Man wa, scoding ob work fe yt nese RATT stork fr; he wns inking fing, py cere who in ‘ony expen ofthe yh soe ser ein hed nor nd ‘vo ad et hi ol om hi toe nate Tippee of i top [he pm howe] watt ge he me bat is The ‘ray otha hold not besser o cue buts ep toward ‘nansedinduriaon awh pce ee ond oc} sere tobe provide for () ~‘The hash realty of n agree pti under the seinen tals ofthe lal lar mock as dd tht ote shia Pies ofthe tment aps explotason= ee ec ople—ceqie ht na be sal erodes eee dspliyed. The cad product ofthe procem someting Oak fat reaching consequences in modern expen, eps nthe pede thee the murano te mal, Jos hw eon tht proc fat ben i pts bs shown inthe dear oon ‘este isin of medemiaton, Teme Wallin A Doss 4s sey apd in his reson ofthe pends flee ao ‘tr in Willan’ das seam posed He ce Jams rade projec of "debian" The mee coke “foment etloia, sods and flea revalaten” Go) eek on sel onthe edna ate myth afin vlan sneece sion and eordting—ordordong ofits ar The aan {Ste “agro te surat was as Bagop te he sscipon of uncommon proper: to common abeee te ecko fon of pent uncle obj, ane or word snd te en a Joeton fot a conta” “The daloction that cess Will's dam nd that David Sevan hat weg so ooughiy nt we of gd) des oe, {el and lise terms what might eed rneeae egy of des, ognting in The Wl Dak Wills Opes Deas, {1997 contin th fl farm fe Ek lee tte coe ‘hich sds aan net vile some te See dy foods rein which i ys, peal whe strc oan asia pl ein rennet oe ng ae confectionery oe ail sees bapa nes ean Ir he Ea dl m cms oe poe hase ‘tio bored" th coats, which ninen pate ae tei ached dori shadowy and petite some tds of the pay" (Oras Deven, 1). The contcaoneny rene ‘pice of memory and die. reese elon sea tease at Lay Toran sks to reve i od Eas ot monde snk th conor is the ocr ted win aden ted ey the clog tl for Lady snd bar ar Her pct “fake at aged and yan hbond jbe—scopic and tora the mee oo fis snes the datos commequonc ef om aed eae sero Lady’s ples for apprecition af arin qualty, Jobe Torance Aeclres “Ye. Aric hl!” (109). ‘Anode staging of tre ocr in Willan’ Suny Let Samer (apa play tha, one might sy ee within ach spaces a the Eka let and Lady's conconery. I ie» space in which the boundaries Ieween dhe meutl and srci!—and wit them oer bound, of Aime, of Bilogy--are completly Bure, Though ein x howe, ‘he ine i endl with fine garden wich s mote ke 3 tropa ngl, ofore n h prbioe age of ge ee Fores tren ving cats bad pers rig to bs and sak Co ‘hin The sor of hia jngh den se ent, epenaly sine is caring with st er Three moive recor tat, get organ of body, torn oo, giering with anid Woe ae ae hah cr sad sl Rings and eng sounds inthe gardens wens by bec spent and EE ulofsvege mene) ‘The “savages” of this natures however, immetinaly guid Inthe pays ne, Mes. Venable revel ht thi pct rhc had telonge to he dead so Scbasian,sin fc plant mau ike hose hat bad dorsed in the ls ours of the wneceth cota, with the “Lain names of ee plints printed on tags tached fo them (1). The garden (which a the doctor observe, "lke wel groomed jungle") fess not only what doc for Me. Venable, namely hee Son's mee thodieal matte bt alt the modern dam ef taxonomic aid ep ‘emologiel conrel overture Inthe rangressiv,exegory-confatag space of Sebsin's"jungle-gde,” "Noding war sede, every= thing wa planed sd designed” ().2" in Dh ego eed comeins forthe dester~ae analysed trough the conjunction of phorgrapy andthe ewo cistomary figures thet mentioned in casing Lon Dey Jeane to Night ove, action and performance. ln The ld Da, don of the most common type ation to alcool, fers two Characters, onc of whom i old Fl. old Eka adie tothe Tots wel ass made pete car in the second a, whee ews it she doe seal © ecape dhe deficiencies o the home. Yet hel being a pefomance, mimetic spe, eno ath for rey. Tes, gutete Siig ac pointy smulhcam of he el lated in a photography si, A esperte attempt fo counter a dvgerite goopathology, he sunt sce defted, mating the very thing e wat metnt co mask the los of rare. What the hotography-ramod lft revels ithe snaey of re fm vies the wodd of aatre. Thiet same sniey coded int Talsoys reported ins to Chekhov: “Tolioy is eprted fo have sd that Chekhov was «photographer, very tented phonogeaper iit true, but il ony 2 phongrpher” (Baring 8) There stage is noe merely the conten or background or envi onmen ofthe dramati acon its prof the dexmat loge That say dat reals actually fives out hough steps, the Kind of ‘magi thinking tht makes» ples, Prosper’ sand, othe Foret ff Adeo—the cause ofthe dam's events tnd teaneformations "The ‘haracer of elm, writen ob taken mors seo 5 e peopl ‘han any characters ever before, prfnn a very specie version ofthe ‘lin which losin coe contingent ut profoundly determining. lassie drama the neni finns by outer space of sabe by fsvtonmens) wat ether «poetic cones or, when lier» remarkeble ‘xcption (or example, when orto wars Hamlet sway fot» prt ‘ofthe atlement because "The very plas pu toy of dope inc every brain J "That looks so many fedoms othe et! and east ‘oar beneath [1475-74 generale fnction of te objet ot ‘to fish poetic material and vo stand, symbole, for subjective snes A Bee Stas has arged, the objective wodd sn acest sre s Macteths allcinted dg, an nderenly of bum tem Sonal, nothing more (Get Reon, $9) Much more, on the oer hand sgn bythe profsion of objets that ele the eli sage, Sch ems a (ame ony the eat known) Nors's Christmas tee, General Gabler’ piel Laur hat menagerie, Wily’ sites ae or want of Biter word har ‘he ply. Ther signiiance ie not confined to the shore ceay of symbol ater they exer » drs, unmetaphoriel power in he formlition of he drat con, Moreover, the profision of thee objet significant in ise ‘hoogh this igtcanee doe not bosom dear atl mach te, ena We eto the junestrewn stags of Pater, Mame, Sheps. These cxreme Fenn ofthe matali principle of fll creation of realty what Wiliam Worker memorably terns "ie mastering iteration of the mise-cn-scine [Sate ely and ronicllymctapoi conveyng Geoptolesy * tmage of the modern worlds onkyard snd tah hep. Through tis Image, tral eves an appreboson it as long conse, regard sng the growing ropareberwemn te human andthe atu. arn (he dein oer of environment, atraism concealed the pale nes of definton of environment In defining human extence a 2 ‘xml socal web, sara nated (hough dno acknowl) ‘heer ruptare wth nature dat Brecht wast stage in Bal Thong ‘stems kepein ouch with ata trough imager of pallted bats, chery orchards nd will dack, the iecogial dacouse of rem ‘hit the inanimate word into the shadows, from which ivemerged in {he ght form of sere bjs, “Tne jnkyande of Pine and Marc, a wll the denaded sage and ash cans of Decker, patie in agave eater ecology dat erves the hestr oft entry From the polate tems of Sock man’s eowa to Becket’ ath cans and beyond, the ignicnce of te ‘ological them of modem drama emerges ten we understand Within he sytem of esting places eo people hat ave been deaering. Inthe logic of geopathlogy the break with ature a cberent, even eer), ms nase of ot aogier undesabledloeton. The ‘onstrctin of ident as egediton wit the power of pee, nthe forging ofberiam out ofthe device of departure, makes nate one of catalti Bcothenter ‘Theheroiem of epartre ngeizes more tans parclarknd of pot. priate del in the formulation of cera Knd of Buednivid- Salis ent, oe that creates sal by removing sl from pce Jidged to be unsattatry. The dacourse of home out of whic the count of individ sbjetiviy arises « profoundly ambiguous Siscouse, ming home bot the goal andthe cue of self cag Separate. To this course inked a tency cooeaicory—wopan— theology, im which Mera sod symbol ac equally to contract bce at toh l-drtermining and imately icles “Thee productive paroser of elm’ thematic 2: wel a oft «hear finan have proved to Be ematkaly ens, arising seven waves of novation snd experimentation, Expresionom, pie these, abardtthewer all hese moverens ave eked with Ba not essay tered ether els’ geopatialogy ot lope of tt8 Sin Pla sty, The dramatic et thy ave produc depict charter in ‘tI wold cil eslogial tnt, wey ad roma ot ‘ith di envionmens Whe + vsy of ade fave ee devel Spe toward his condom fom Becket dik pesni to Becs Beoyan opin is ex ema pc of hme sed poor ote ‘Gopsolony rminin c t itsrecogaiae or wh is 4d ily conftoue,Inihe owing capo cal aco mame Serf item sempre adr vce, do jut hat Th fine asalt on geopmbelogy comes inthe chance dra of the midenury, he das of bomerming. Though thse scours of home begin 0 une, naan abt spe veo to ate dete carl sr of homecoming res ‘be fgre of Americ, The rece tem of Ane el tere into the dicouse af home the abet the nex per He, toweve, would hee cr sd ar we, byond ele ot homecoming sed examin oe pon scant the sang of gropatolgy achieved prsely bya recap, an Capra ads ‘remit sping of sts The hee of Spling Gay wil be my paradigm for 3 new eco shee ta deers he og af ol vy ar wel asthe pot of tle by eablshing = nw ratopbeveca elu Wl he Ute ining, cil he shor Sd he dn) Asi haps, Grays done oe pce To of Pere: Ta Ho, eich th probleme wel at pycholopakof geology at sy theatac and head. The Keath pre mere cate a heater cskgy in whch Memey in aces Se ‘iy i aveion mace tn To of Renae Gg home pat nde pee fom ‘sve hain nd eanrdtry wage (wc oer ote ee atahiguns dcoure of hms} el pea looper sale on ‘in or enya reaper nee femme ee {0 dori the sel). Boch tas veins of hme elle coms iy hee, and eg nt hth hem opt fr ong ls ‘Aone pit in he ply Gay lwp 2 copy of remy Riki's Enapy. ‘Thi book, Gray tlw appeared eosoly ie she very momen at he wa boo nt defen ee gt the mere Cus house hat he hd been fash enough boy iin’ pop-cience explanation of wives decay nd degradation was comely comforting tothe beleaguered homeowner "Somehow io ined why dhe house was he way cw," he confides The conjune- ‘Son of the es of rete property wih hat of an neible and nies ‘al homeless gies Grey's piece its andamentl deme, tat of deste {coded in contemporary Ameria clue: materi self-centered, ted doomed to frataton, ‘The Gray persona inti and oer piesa mechani by which ‘he thse eins ir Snction ar 2 etn Kind of home, = pec place to be inabied fora spc me and ina spc way: wot excel, ot through owen, but forthe direc sharing of experience. Th Grays peste stands agaist postiodemism’ enzopc dseintion fides and ages tia theater of tering ete, adits modes ate those of an eclogieal imperave mative (conta), memory (y= fling ad sen (comervaton). He walls in-—not“on”—and sits down, He places sl tack of book nestly om the hele desk. ‘Then be Tooke 2 the people. Along look measuring wp, not aprcbensive, ae coy, jas debate, The in foo that pees ewer ewe poopie jut belie they partie tly heey or sy, or nl, object The port thing ae ‘ein Took, nota gins enaogurter acme of stv watching, fot a pron of pai inacpin in sone ee or eter enabled truce of demi meanings, ‘Spalding Gry simple apraiing look he adios the ie of ‘many formal tramgresions tht caries practice Hs frm iss Akeputre, of courte, fom sich radon dramatic convention the sslloguy and te se and dict ade (wich i everble), but it ‘Sho nor quite an complicated aval a aerate forms ke wand-up comedy and woryeling (which sho eemble). The postion cae ‘er conceptually noc so much ical one between the lol eon ‘Sf drama and eh ince sel precence of performance ar but rather = Irons one ot postion at al in Ft but a ee,» demensta- sion, an 4 Jesu Bll or 3 laboratory, of crtain of the erent posible of thar. However, Gray's practice not experimental the sae of he models hve jst evoked by mensoning lecture hal nd laborstos, Brecht and Grow, expects and his ndings do not merely do plete thes, The prt transformation of ther space tat Gy Schiele fr another model, and he monologue Terr of Pere" Sing Pe sugges on: the pri developed and explredin his inher of Grays pees is that of ew kind of home, The des ofthe deters. ome, orat refi from x erin metaphorical homeless, neler 2 double evsoning tho the tetera of ore ede perfore ‘mance toward confontation with cain urgent paradoxes ofan taveeging Fue, an ensoumtr that Teer of Pere figures several levels: pena, pli, nd demacuric Inthe prfice othe cllecton of monologue ened Sex and Daath so the Age 4, Gry rae the genes, pardon, of is prac: ecm ny werk ad pp had fing hat he wor ws ai com ‘amen ld ber hgh we ha come othe cd of he white ‘middle world a we ew ie She took mea my word and 3, “Well, Spalding doing the cols of Rome, he rate were he chronicle” And all te bes went of fide me. OF ‘or, hough. Fi cronce my ie, bt doe only, bese towne iedowmn would bein ud th, would mean Ieee ins fare Hach pm na ep ph ch ‘ight my pec story woud pps ona beth a me pan de) ' ema et eaten monroe am meena Sr i el ae iyi monary Renee ce Sep eee eeneg aan ee ‘uct cluttering up the world, not to mention destroying. all cer imei te rans Se lg ceca op Sen re Geopatony 8 lo uc, strangely at olds with cach eter. The conjunction of dee Tee tte of ncomimensubity he one psychologal the tbe See ereak_ pone the paratctes Foran imaginal ecology of «nd meer a sevoning ofthe mata responsibil of represents etal cnonmane Having Jones sint with envconmentl ett, Sohne Gey pms toward an cotheste n which the exes Sei benwcn sland le eves andi evived a transersive sagen at uss om sng Han, however temporal, i the ea he mates azar, tbe ore) word regu of estopyconnetsGryt by now extensive ation of Amztnwoting, As Tony Taner notes "Among he writers who SNe cad word enzopyl in eet work are Norman Maile, Sal BES Jom Uni, Jobe Barth, Walker ery, Saley Ekin, Donald Dante” (gh Two other, whom bok he and Cola Greenland alge, of ours, Wile Baroughs and Thomas Pynchon, Fin Sttsto ns writen wht x probly che wkimate gas hose eas beyond the Eko and Scbasin’sange garden © cee eT joa thodnouc”-—an esogielcosd sytem (reminiscent Take afated projet known Biome) in which aman waits free “fends” of th universe which may tave seedy omsreds Accord ee Catn Cosel, the lneriy appeopiaion of he sco Iw of soe otmes may have been encouraged by Norbect Wiens sug Sesee nd for my egurnen, ad Gea lay, a inking of reer ih the Bgute of bom, In The Hama Use of Haman Be rte wrsee “Bot whl te universe asx whole, sade vee is = Weta tems ran down, the arc ec whos dreton Rony tate eet ead in which heres sie er ermraey tendeney for aganizaton to increase. Lf fn is me dace ec endive” (3, mph ade) For Spalding Gray, te ‘aoe pls of enopy so home making provide dhe ozetion Gr aa aemntve wy ofiving, one tat canna Be mared but 0 Tee ebb hese ean ofa new mode of teat tee reams that ots an cards the exh forms of stl hee fn this eee Bis practice exemplifies te sense of roared in Jon Bas dein of ako: “By “exbmus- Sette me man anything 20 red the abet of ysl mor ee cedar, oly tbe sepnens of eran forms o xia ast cren porte no mcs neces» eat exse fOr secs), Ar Barth sugges, the movement beyond eastonoui: wht Green els the “Eakins fra an ex {atatwophe” (19) al ou fr new reper steps hen ‘alm of teat, Gray's enter dine on sh seen The ler caviroment of Grays pertermanc eed pate cally sigs nothing be appopnenos fr puny Gone Wind of monologue. Ass tansgeine pcre Ut eg ohh, 4s imposible avant-garde rede bu acer Bre Re hehe of poverty ben 20 sstematlly elie bythe te ding Andoctes before has he ek tgs boa mote dealy gee ‘7s sored powers of commantson a pal bv oman A good cramp af how the tnt gone the minutia aedag choices invoe the gs of water fom which, Bee he sega speak Gay tke cae ip Ath ponte pony che again pacy phat signing he ndogubad sce ote He donk is water he way sone ane te er before they sro py tine ui mach er, when ee ee the nar of Gays modshoracstrggls apis entopy cae son that the gl of water stings ance one eck oadoy Sis ap wit 0 mach mening seo vec to Ball he Kern a Itc burden once posed by Serb an th same isos sea Stay tes hi ial ip of water when te lo the ing appoint in lng serie of dees being de insole we try hous he has bon feos enough o boy. The sss eng tan ne ‘ont where ln he oly hing he hosed fel oad seo ‘onde well water he willae acon sehen psn one then de plamber alle ot, "Me. Splng, go ty Ae warn eget tel bck int the hou, tered onthe ops the water ace oe sing of death. The wile room filed up withthe eto ae ‘imal at won sucha hay tat dea aaa bere raed i (0 es hc pom in the patrmans ta Geno Ra ovalng pl of lughter that smmetal flowed ope eae ‘ogni ofthe meaning of don war The lnk fgets Int betwen the sage preset sd the ele ated ape link ht dws hroagh te gla) of water-ciscea to Site of Gay thence paces, ‘The ply ends wih» deg Gey ling he Bod of eh, Afnid be os conaced abi fom is wel ty 9 6 lp suring, hac ress hyeopob tela way “ang wna anil wih of water be ding unping into wel?) Te iden of reste ong psn ont ered the ro key onc ver whch ne cm apc ts of Gn’ cst: ho ned SEE The Menton the fe with prone propery, md of the ‘Seon with defn (Le he uo: bene = hse = el ge tne ere of materi phar: Twas inking hat we shold pseu bees remtng wa snough forme wanted tbe the suc of ven tough be Kad fie growing op Hk baving 2 chil, i you ened your own Bowie” (3). ark cota oe Sceplyvnloed fay (ning to wih ne syaoeyeons not cn i ny niko itd we oper wand the expetece ody vanecommodae™ tan in CO tccpeeny gi arb, hepa, aly da ey of spss 0 eas Ht) wh ‘iare bi neon fo come ou fo ome pronase the trot ois fice, hacer, porch, ons reo shiny ad lepiacy beh oped foreman che sonra bom lpg county, ny fc ame fehucl tthe conto of only since “Twa oding lt of ‘Senne ju ingot nthe prey king one day ae ‘Achales Anonymous sys, ja stig ote and cooking om my {ihe (1). Fal the olsen peal ver tir weds sce moment of coc cops ea the bout was bait om clay. Thats why everything inlding the icy dt iy bent, wich wo now a {very darting angle) ws that way. Eset, thi lovely il dale aur at 3 big mound of wet day moving towards the ‘tow steam on te fhe ie ofthe rad. Nase wa aking it foun, The thowgie ofthe howe ie pexpeal woton was too ch, Hwan howe hat wold lf ear (6; emphasis sed) “Theis oie, of “ppt mos, ind og ths tonic ero oe Ri boa Eatery. Gey {eect ung inh boon toe athe tte pon ed And gun, ong with ex erpr ome of Inert, ein Cay with cl cig freeing te Nd ofeteod andthe tind ot pence by which ns et moves beyond he appre lop nue of porto.nee dine ine said wi poss qt Genesys pastiche, in Jameton' mous ftecadony tet mecinrn Gn sperma 3). Snape sn cso Whisks hoe pak berks ppt chang intienbllos i mondooes rene sine Goh i wight sn te aus ans ne soe iS osm omy gratin sey tote msn, wl rep gueny pce ee cea Te snd tonya te pao dons Ae big fiaw:f anything Won Denar hae a 3 densing baka he nan Acro ths estan fs cumpeiveand nde rl prrmanc sls he many eons wr "rsmaton ho sos min) cms as Go i ‘an his frst morning in his new house, from some Jehovah's Witnesses, Seg thn sprout, Gy Yony ings tet te lion oon owe hin hsm amen, ay bere “hye mt bating ket pa Ga ene oe bn he Gondwana in ge dng of xen pr hcoaes ose “tc'A ie prying. thy wl aes a the They die he pot ne lat ek a Intl sini "kl te it ung giro soe da gg dove np byt papaya ta Yor Rnd Cone tn cop ones ak {Gk nds fom thn sued ay wo mache ea how op to potest ches ap rte decir sores of asp ee rphicl ccs among wach he dcovers the eck tha vce es tech ized hin The’ opard in ee, sen, content ot ey jm ‘Thar ae ck gi holding aby oped besarte 2 whteboy sanding etnen two loving arn the mae ay ings Thntgivingye tut brkt nd telescope ‘oe and a rake. Then thera ome back wth fat ee oe {ir heals behind ti, ad she ne se wth arse nde th al od i emp aie eoplony » ke cahee (ow)props wed inthe prformance—sueh 26 hi gil Sen's plate of te hate, eh ape recording oF «message let on Gray's smawering machine by th man ho al bi the bose andthe pack of eas with which Gray demonstrates the principle of nopy— "he ealaged pitre a rented iene of how the tere tv parperala of memory fds home abd desttion before a nce for and wih whom thas tnspreve phenomenon non a Spalding Gy signs cl Likes Luar come no fom the end bat fom ving be ba comet tl all that he will al (and show us some) His pence, ad that ofthe few books and objets ha with im, guarites the minimal bisa cotinuty out of which fare may teimagined, rhe aysin the play's at ine (fer doing ha ‘Stoo short tse worrying about abies: "Where dol go rom bere? ean, “Aguas the image of 2 poor caterer, which a very erm. cuticand alized owed might be diel shared, stands he try, sho tod io Ter of Plea, ofa alogethe ferent Kind of prfone anc, in which the raw ante of eltbood isnt wanagreively co eed ean, package and eoded fra voracious represents thon nda Renee sid, “Enough ofthis depen on ater people. We've got te pur together our own package” Abd he comes up wih the en ‘oftrying tell my ile tor to Warne Brothers fora este i. ‘And by God, thy reintrested. We condense my stone wil ‘about this character, Sein Gray, Huck Fnn-Cande-ype who gt it ll thoe weird stuasons. (238) Howcver, the del lls through, because Spalding and Rence can't decide how thir sory ends, Interestingly enough, ee point on which ‘hey are stack the quton (ptt them by he sao werent) ot how cet pesos elaoahip rms out do they get mate, oF do ‘hey separte? No cher opson seme vase. Apparel mange snd Aomesty at stil Hellywood'sinpeaies 0 long after Nora's de~ partare) as mach some ownership ad been Gray's When Gray pleads hate can arly commit imc Hctionareationship more than be bas boca able foto arealon, de flln nective is uneguverl "We have ro hae completely ear: Sahn Pe Sch a whih tae wih meso og eet a ae ‘ought ino the dramatic spotlight, nits conttences ne ey Braeeice and the Lani Inde, cons fr fre fomultins of chances a selfced of Homecoming ewe nd here nig cd be angle ch stole the he leer he oe smth. “Sesar Mond, “Us, Gur Drama te Nona het” hie i a oe, hen gn wy od Wer, he Cram by Cry Cc “The incoherence of elu difrence nthe ate ewenith century = verte the cours of home, homeland, family, and hitory. Ar we ave sen, the figure of home had, tke other gue,» cerain deat {cinion within he homogeneity of Western bourgene cal ie wat problem, bt at iramul problem, 28 ewer, 3 problem whore solo tin we asumed on clone proximity tote figure of home af ot actually within. That sy, the problem of home was under ‘ood at + problem of laa, sith soins that grouped therncves round carta mechnims of Merl placerat. nthe eter, enon ‘ental eis wea preci eecson ofthis figuration of home, pro- cing 2 sage fished on the principle of tmmedinte spatial intel- Teibity ands drama orgunized sound the actions of avin. sing leaving etuming, and 20 om “The dslton of the homogenous it of elt redefines the problem afliome a problematic something tht docs ot smply pore 7