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JoAnne Akalaitis’ Leon and Lena (and lenz): A Log from the Dramaturg

This article contains excerpts from Mark Bly’s dramaturg’s log of the production Leon & Lena (and lenz) by JoAnne Akalaitis. Akalaitis staged Henry Schmidt’s translation of the George Buchner play, Leonce and Lena, for The Guthrie Theater in the Fall of 1987. The production was titled Leon & Lena (and lenz) and included a shortfllm version of Buchner’s novella, Lenz, which was integrated into the staging.

Bly, Mark. “JoAnne Akalaitis’s Leon and Lena (and lenz): A Log from the Dramaturg”. Theater 21, no. 1-2 (1990): 81-95.

This article contains excerpts from Mark Bly’s dramaturg’s log of the production Leon & Lena (and lenz) by JoAnne Akalaitis. Akalaitis staged Henry Schmidt’s translation of the George Buchner play, Leonce and Lena, for The Guthrie Theater in the Fall of 1987. The production was titled Leon & Lena (and lenz) and included a shortfllm version of Buchner’s novella, Lenz, which was integrated into the staging.