{"id":4713,"date":"2016-10-10T20:17:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T20:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=4713"},"modified":"2025-01-14T15:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:48:08","slug":"the-plays-of-thomas-f-rogers-volume-1-perestroika-and-glasnost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=4713","title":{"rendered":"The Plays of Thomas F. Rogers Volume 1: Perestroika and Glasnost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=320\">Thomas F. Rogers<\/a><\/strong> is a prominent Playwright and former Professor of the Russian language, now retired. Having lived in the U.S. and in Russia, his plays have made the mystery and controversy of \u201cThe Red East\u201d singularly accessible\u00a0 His plays, \u201cCharades,\u201d \u201cCrime and Punishment,\u201d \u201cGod\u2019s Fools,\u201d \u201cThe Idiot,\u201d and \u201cThe Second Priest,\u201d gathered in one volume for the first time, deal with Russia, Russians, and\u00a0 The U.S.S.R, their relations with other countries as well as internally, and focus on the transition into and out of Communism. Taut, political and ideological dramas, all, they enlighten the Human condition, in thoughtful and lively stage adaptations. Now arranged in this one volume, they are available for study and perusal by Professors, Scholars, and Students, Producers, Directors and Actors, who will grow to appreciate the keen mind, probing satire, and wit of Thomas F. Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>With an Introduction by <strong>Bob Nelson, Professor at The University of Utah Department of Theatre<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Book Details<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>PRINT VERSION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8.5&#8243; x 11&#8243; (21.59 x 27.94 cm)<\/li>\n<li>Black &amp; White on White paper<\/li>\n<li>218 pages<\/li>\n<li>ISBN-13: 978-1539460435<\/li>\n<li>ISBN-10:1539460436<\/li>\n<li>BISAC: Drama \/ Anthologies<\/li>\n<li>LIST PRICE: <strong>$19.95<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KINDLE VERSION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>File Size:<\/b> 2385 KB<\/li>\n<li><b>Publisher:<\/b> Leicester Bay Theatricals; 1 edition (August 24, 2017)<\/li>\n<li><b>Publication Date:<\/b> August 24, 2017<\/li>\n<li id=\"sold-by-merchant\"><b>Sold by:<\/b>\u00a0Amazon Digital Services LLC<\/li>\n<li><b>Language:<\/b> English<\/li>\n<li><b>ASIN:<\/b> B0754LGNMZ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Available!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PROMOTIONAL:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>From the Preface:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;One of life\u2019s most important purposes and functions\u2014its greatest source of fulfillment, at least for me\u2014is to commune, to \u201cconnect,\u201d with others at ever deeper levels of understanding, mutual acceptance, sharing, identification by merging into one another\u2019s lives. And yet, how we tend to stifle our inclination, our need to do so, therewith missing the satisfaction and joy\u2014the very nourishment to our souls\u2014that alone derive from such communion, such connection. We do this largely, I think, from fear\u2014fear of rejection. It is easily the most tragic tendency in human affairs and leads not only to emptiness and depression, but to resentment, hostility, and vengeful scapegoating. It lies at the root of the psychology that engenders and exacerbates all conflict and war, whether public or domestic, at every interpersonal level. If the devil inspires anything in us, it is our fear and subsequent disregard of each other, hence of ourselves. There are doubtless practical reasons\u2014limits of attention and energy and time and availability\u2014which preclude our attaching ourselves to or demonstrating our affinity for other than a certain number. But this should never serve\u2014as it mostly does\u2014as a pretext for our not universally caring for and about everyone of whom we become aware or who sooner or later enters our presence.&#8221; \u2013 <strong>Thomas F. Rogers<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>From The Introduction, by Bob Nelson<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The selections in this first volume of Tom Rogers\u2019s collected plays appear under the collective sub-title \u201cPerestroika and Glasnost.\u201d The Russian word perestroika means \u201crestructuring,\u201d and glasnost means \u201copenness.\u201d Those terms refer to Communist Party General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev\u2019s 1985-91 radical changes to Soviet economic structure, internal policy, and foreign relations. He led a major change in the leadership of the Communist Party, and decentralized economic planning in favor of market forces. He also reduced central Party control of the mass media, religious groups, and Soviet citizens whose views may have differed from those of their leaders. The results of this massive new \u201crestructuring\u201d and \u201copenness\u201d were felt across the Soviet Bloc. Communist governments collapsed, and the USSR dissolved into multiple independent republics.<br \/>\nThe five plays in this volume suggest that on the personal level, too, \u201crestructuring\u201d and \u201copenness\u201d can cause similarly significant change. And a natural hoped-for result of pursuing such personal perestroika and glasnost is the communion which Tom Rogers wants for everyone, in all our relationships\u2014the communion to which he has devoted his entire professional life, accompanied by all the interpersonal and even religious connotations \u201ccommunion\u201d implies.<br \/>\nTom Rogers is unabashedly idealistic and ambitious. He wants to change us, and thereby to change the world.These five Perestroika and Glasnost plays by Tom Rogers cry to us in our wilderness, urging us to help prepare the world for better things, whatever the cost. These plays are bold and uncompromising theatrical explorations of the most profound and vexing social dilemmas.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Contains the full text of FIVE of Dr. Rogers&#8217; plays:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charades<\/li>\n<li>Crime and Punishment<\/li>\n<li>God\u2019s Fools<\/li>\n<li>The Idiot<\/li>\n<li>The Second Priest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PURCHASING:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Purchase a <strong>PRINT<\/strong> version (no photocopying allowed) for <strong>$16.00<\/strong> (+ shipping and handling and Maine Sales Tax) through us by using our PayPal Shopping Cart and the &#8220;Add To Cart&#8221; button below.\u00a0 (Be sure to enter your ZIP code on the PayPal form to get it shipped to you without problems or questions) (Absolutely safe and secure, you just use your Credit or Debit card!)<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>KINDLE<\/strong> version available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0754LGNMZ\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> at <strong>$8.99<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=4718\">The Plays of Thomas F. Rogers Volume 2<\/a>: Personal Journeys<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=9385\">The Plays of Thomas F. 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