Hall, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5671-8175 (2022) “She's a Genius, and I Don't Use That Word Casually”: Elaine May’s Collaborative Relationship with Woody Allen. In: Hall, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5671-8175, (ed.) Women in the Work of Woody Allen. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press

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Abstract

From influencer to actress to collaborator, this chapter analyses the evident impact which May has had on the work of Allen. This chapter considers May and Allen’s previous work with other collaborators – both Mike Nichols and Marshall Brickman respectively – in addition to their work together. More significantly, the thesis of the argument builds a case to explore the extent to which an actor’s performance can be considered authored, and will encompass an understanding of authorship in order to better identify the role of collaborators in creative production. As will be discussed, there are many difficulties in describing a director/actress relationship as a ‘collaboration’, and as such I work from Vera John-Steiner’s definition of, ‘the interdependence of thinkers in the co-construction of knowledge’ (2000: 4).

Item Type:	Book Section
Status:	Published
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PS American literature > Wit and humour. Satire T Technology > TR Photography > TR845-899 Cinematography. Films
School/Department:	School of Humanities
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/6117

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