| 词条 | An Embarrassing Position |
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An Embarrassing Position is a short play written in 1895[1] by American author Kate Chopin[2] which has been adapted as comic opera in 2010 by American composer Dan Shore. The playKate Chopin wrote An Embarrassing Position while living in St. Louis, Missouri.[2] She submitted it to the New York Herald drama competition, but did not win.[3] It appeared in the St. Louis Mirror on December 19, 1895.[4] Later, interest in her work grew, and in 1970 the play was published as part of Kate Chopin: Complete Novels and Stories by the Library of America.[5] The play has been studied as an example of early American literature; for example, it is included in Yvonne Collioud Sisko's book Looking at Literature: 12 Short Stories, a Play, and a Novel. The operaAfter Dan Shore rewrote Chopin's play as a comic opera, An Embarrassing Position was first produced by the New England Conservatory in 2010,[6] and went on to win a Big Easy Entertainment Award[7][8] and the National Opera Association's Chamber Opera Competition.[9] The opera has been praised for its lyricism[10] and its evocation of turn-of-the-century New Orleans.[11] The opera was favorably reviewed in the New Orleans Times-Picayune[12] and Gambit magazine.[13] References1. ^"Kate Chopin" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912072231/http://writershistory.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=394&Itemid=43 |date=September 12, 2014 }}. Writers' History. 2. ^1 {{cite book|author1=Emily Toth|author2=Per Seyersted|title=Kate Chopin's Private Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rmKHY82gFJ8C&pg=PR20|date=22 October 1998|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-11593-0|pages=20–}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=Kate Chopin|title=The Complete Works of Kate Chopin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lOR6ImcNDikC|year=1970|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-4960-7}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=Bonnie James Shaker|title=Coloring Locals: Racial Formation in Katie Chopin's "Youth's Companion" Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdVq6Gidb24C&pg=PA97|date=1 April 2005|publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=978-1-58729-428-0|pages=97–}} 5. ^Zell, Martin Allen. "STRAY LEAVES: Portrait of the Artist with Two Heads" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912080338/http://press-street.com/stray-leaves-portrait-of-the-artist-with-two-heads/ |date=2014-09-12 }}. NOLA BOOK AND LITERARY NEWS 6. ^The Morning Call (March 5, 2011). "Allentown Native Wins Big Easy Award". Retrieved July 30, 2013. 7. ^"Classical Arts Awards". Gambit: the Best of New Orleans. 8. ^{{cite news|last=Coviello|first=Will|title=Classical Arts Awards|url=http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/classical-arts-awards/Content?oid=1571463|accessdate=July 28, 2013|newspaper=Gambit Weekly|date=February 15, 2011}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Chamber Opera Competition|url=http://www.noa.org/competitions/chamber-opera-composition.html|publisher=National Opera Association|accessdate=July 28, 2013}} 10. ^{{cite news|last=Vella|first=Christina|title=Xavier Opera Workshop and Shore|url=http://www.thestbernardvoice.com/|newspaper=The St. Bernard Voice|date=November 12, 2010}} 11. ^{{cite news|last=Mahne|first=Theodore|title=Gershwin's 'Blue Monday' and contemporary 'An Embarrassing Position' charm at Marigny Opera House|url=http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2013/07/gershwins_blue_monday_and_cont.html|accessdate=July 28, 2013|newspaper=New Orleans Times-Picayune|date=July 26, 2013}} 12. ^"Theater year in review: N.O. audiences had much to applaud in banner season". New Orleans Times-Picayune. 13. ^oviello, Will. "Review: Blue Monday and An Embarrassing Position ". Gambit: The Best of New Orleans. External links
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