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E. Cummings’s writing for the stage, from the most inventive poet of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of E. E. Cummings\u003c\/i\u003e collects in their entirety Cummings’s long out-of-print theatrical works: the plays \u003ci\u003eHIM\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), \u003ci\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), and \u003ci\u003eSanta Claus\u003c\/i\u003e (1946), and the ballet treatment \u003ci\u003eTom\u003c\/i\u003e (1935). In \u003ci\u003eHIM\u003c\/i\u003e, a creatively blocked artist and his lover, Me, struggle to bridge the impasse in their relationship and in his art. In \u003ci\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/i\u003e, a Platonic parable, three “infrahumans” brainstorm slogans while a man sketches on a cave wall; and in \u003ci\u003eSanta Claus\u003c\/i\u003e, Death and Saint Nick exchange identities. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom’s Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e is reimagined as dance, transforming the novel into a symbolic attack against Evil itself. Cummings’s prodigious creativity is on display in each of these works, which are ultimately about the place of the artist outside of society. “DON’T TRY TO UNDERSTAND IT, LET IT TRY TO UNDERSTAND YOU,” Cummings famously wrote about his intentions for the stage. Thoughtful and witty, Cummings’s dramas are an integral part of his canon.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. E. Cummings\u003c\/b\u003e (1894–1962) was among the most influential, widely read, and revered modernist poets. He was also a playwright, a painter, and a writer of prose. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied at Harvard University and, during World War I, served with an ambulance corps in France. He spent three months in a French detention camp and subsequently wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Enormous Room\u003c\/i\u003e, a highly acclaimed criticism of World War I. After the war, Cummings returned to the States and published his first collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eTulips \u0026amp; Chimneys\u003c\/i\u003e, which was characterized by his innovative style: pushing the boundaries of language and form while discussing love, nature, and war with sensuousness and glee. He spent the rest of his life painting, writing poetry, and enjoying widespread popularity and success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. Firmage\u003c\/b\u003e edited many works by Cummings, including \u003ci\u003eErotic Poems\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eComplete Poems, 1904– 1962\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge J. 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