Elinor Fuchs (January 23, 1933 – May 28, 2024) was an American theater scholar, critic, and playwright.
Biography Fuchs wrote or edited several germinal books, notably Year One of the Empire: A Play of American Politics, War, and Protest Taken From the Historical Record (1973), The Death of Character: Reflections on Theater After Modernism (1996), winner of the George Jean Nathan Award in Dramatic Criticism, and Land/Scape/Theater (2002; co-edited with Una Chaudhuri). Her 2005 memoir, Making an Exit: A Mother-Daughter Drama With Alzheimer's, Machine Tools, and Laughter meditated on the difficulties of aging and dementia. Fuchs served on the faculties of Harvard, Columbia, Emory, New York University, and Berlin's Institut für Theatrewissenschaft of the Free University.
Fuchs died on May 28, 2024, at the age of 91.
Published works 1973: Year One of the Empire: A Play of American Politics, War, and Protest Taken From the Historical Record
1996: The Death of Character: Reflections on Theater After Modernism
2002: Land/Scape/Theater (co-edited with Una Chaudhuri)
2005: Making an Exit: A Mother-Daughter Drama With Alzheimer's, Machine Tools, and Laughter (meditations on the difficulties of aging and dementia.)
Recognition The Death of Character: Reflections on Theater After Modernism (1996), won the George Jean Nathan Award in Dramatic Criticism
Fuchs served on the faculties of Harvard, Columbia, Emory, New York University, and Berlin's Institut für Theatrewissenschaft of the Free University.
References
External links Love in the Last Act Fuchs, Elinor 1933– Elinor Fuchs at Yale Drama website The Death of Character: Perspectives on Theater after Modernism at Project MUSE Elinor Fuchs at The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women Elinor Fuchs at Macdowell