The Light and the Dark: (The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi)
Autor Kate Hamill Editat de Kristin Leaheyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 sep 2026
During the seventeenth century, Italian artists strove to reshape the very image of humanity. Artemisia Gentileschi—the daughter of a painter—dreams of making her mark at a time when a woman is not thought capable of being an artist, let alone one of the greats. Just as her career begins to gain unexpected momentum, a series of devastating betrayals crack the foundation of her work—and her life. In electrifying verse and gorgeous artwork, The Light and The Dark depicts the deeply moving true story of a young woman who changed the very image of women in society . . . weaving a magnetic and empowering tapestry of ambition, rage, and resilience across the ages.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798899481116
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: 12 color images
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: 12 color images
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
Notă biografică
KATE HAMILL is an actor and one of the most-produced playwrights in the United States. Named the 2017 Playwright of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, she has been produced in all fifty states, as well as internationally. Her accolades include Drama League, Helen Hayes, and Elliot Norton Award nominations, the Einhorn Mentorship Award, and Off-Broadway Alliance Awards. Her other plays include Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility,Vanity Fair, Little Women, The Scarlet Letter, The Janes, The Aristocrats, The Piper, and The Odyssey.
KRISTIN LEAHEY is an Assistant Professor at Boston University. She has dramaturged and produced with theatres across the U.S. and internationally. Some of her publications include articles in Theatre Topics, Journal of American Drama, and the Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance. She is a recipient of a Fulbright and has been a member of the Woolly Mammoth, Seattle Rep, and WP Theatre artistic teams.
KRISTIN LEAHEY is an Assistant Professor at Boston University. She has dramaturged and produced with theatres across the U.S. and internationally. Some of her publications include articles in Theatre Topics, Journal of American Drama, and the Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance. She is a recipient of a Fulbright and has been a member of the Woolly Mammoth, Seattle Rep, and WP Theatre artistic teams.
Cuprins
Introduction by Kristin Leahey
Production History
The Light and the Dark
Acknowledgments
Production History
The Light and the Dark
Acknowledgments
Recenzii
“A feminist primal scream.” —The Associated Press
“Hamill, an accomplished performer who also plays the central role, strides onstage, takes a long look at the blank canvas in front of her, and then considers her audience. From the first line of the play—about composition, story and perspective—we sense that yes, this is a character working within that 17th century artists’ studio set; but she is also talking to us, here and now and today. No stilted, highfalutin’ language, no endless painterly jargon that’ll set you perusing your program or staring at your watch, wondering just how long this is gonna take. From the opening scene—which starts in ‘the sweltering swamp air of Rome, 1593’—we are instantly as one with Hamill and the world of Artemisia Gentileschi . . . ‘Hamill’s performance as Artemisia . . . is exemplary.’ . . . ‘I don’t just paint ladies and saints, I paint whores and nurses and servants!,’ Hamill exclaims as the stage walls are flooded with paintings by Gentileschi. ‘I paint them strong, I paint them angry! My women never weep! And my prostitutes look like Madonnas, and vice-versa.’ Strong words. Strong performance. Strong play.” —NY Stage Review
“Soul-searching. In The Light and the Dark, Hamill inhabits the title role with a tender ferociousness . . . The show is visually beautiful . . . Carroll and Hamill make The Light and the Dark feel relevant to what is happening today, particularly in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Both female actors, Hamill as Artemisia and Parsons as Maria, ultimately take ownership of their bodies away from the men while subverting the male gaze; each gets fully nude, standing boldly onstage, not mere naked subjects to be depicted on canvas but real women shouting out their independence. They might not be holding daggers, preparing to cut off a perpetrator’s head, but you can see and feel their weapons nonetheless.” —This Week in New York
“Fascinating. Hamill’s performance here is extraordinary . . . The Light and the Dark brings a lesser-recognized artist to life in vivid, arresting detail. More stories like this one of female resistance (‘not I but we’) are necessary now, and this one is well-told.” —TheaterMania
“Author of numerous plays celebrating historical women, Hamill has invested this new drama with fierce passion. Hamill delivers a fiery, tour de force performance lasting two and a half hours, during which Artemisia provides an exhaustive, non-stop narrative of her traumatic life, interspersed with dramatic scenes . . . as the indefatigable playwright/actress, Kate Hamill delivers an overpowering, Olympian performance.” —TheaterPizzazz
“Hamill, an accomplished performer who also plays the central role, strides onstage, takes a long look at the blank canvas in front of her, and then considers her audience. From the first line of the play—about composition, story and perspective—we sense that yes, this is a character working within that 17th century artists’ studio set; but she is also talking to us, here and now and today. No stilted, highfalutin’ language, no endless painterly jargon that’ll set you perusing your program or staring at your watch, wondering just how long this is gonna take. From the opening scene—which starts in ‘the sweltering swamp air of Rome, 1593’—we are instantly as one with Hamill and the world of Artemisia Gentileschi . . . ‘Hamill’s performance as Artemisia . . . is exemplary.’ . . . ‘I don’t just paint ladies and saints, I paint whores and nurses and servants!,’ Hamill exclaims as the stage walls are flooded with paintings by Gentileschi. ‘I paint them strong, I paint them angry! My women never weep! And my prostitutes look like Madonnas, and vice-versa.’ Strong words. Strong performance. Strong play.” —NY Stage Review
“Soul-searching. In The Light and the Dark, Hamill inhabits the title role with a tender ferociousness . . . The show is visually beautiful . . . Carroll and Hamill make The Light and the Dark feel relevant to what is happening today, particularly in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Both female actors, Hamill as Artemisia and Parsons as Maria, ultimately take ownership of their bodies away from the men while subverting the male gaze; each gets fully nude, standing boldly onstage, not mere naked subjects to be depicted on canvas but real women shouting out their independence. They might not be holding daggers, preparing to cut off a perpetrator’s head, but you can see and feel their weapons nonetheless.” —This Week in New York
“Fascinating. Hamill’s performance here is extraordinary . . . The Light and the Dark brings a lesser-recognized artist to life in vivid, arresting detail. More stories like this one of female resistance (‘not I but we’) are necessary now, and this one is well-told.” —TheaterMania
“Author of numerous plays celebrating historical women, Hamill has invested this new drama with fierce passion. Hamill delivers a fiery, tour de force performance lasting two and a half hours, during which Artemisia provides an exhaustive, non-stop narrative of her traumatic life, interspersed with dramatic scenes . . . as the indefatigable playwright/actress, Kate Hamill delivers an overpowering, Olympian performance.” —TheaterPizzazz
Descriere
The Light and the Dark from award-winning playwright Kate Hamill is the true story of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, who made her mark on patriarchal society in a time when a woman was not thought capable of even being an artist, let alone a great one.