The Civil War Chronicles
The Civil War Chronicles is a series of six texts for performance written by Mussmann over a two and a half year period (1986-1989) which focuses on specific episodes of the American Civil War. The six parts are not text-book histories, but rather intricate theatrical pieces examining the relation between “the real” and the illusionary past. The theatrical representation of American history illuminates the obsessions of the theatrical present: how do we look? what are the boundaries of time and space? The protagonist in each piece is a woman whose lifeline crosses that of history at a critical junction.
CROSS WAY CROSS (February 1987)
BLUE SCENE GREY (October 1987)
