Third and Oak--the Pool Hall
Author | : Marsha Norman |
Publisher | : Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780822211334 |
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Author | : Marsha Norman |
Publisher | : Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780822211334 |
Author | : Marsha Norman |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : American drama |
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Author | : Marsha Norman |
Publisher | : Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : 9780822211327 |
"The setting is a dreary, empty laundromat at 3 a.m. Alberta, a rather formal older woman, enters and begins to sort her laundry. She is soon joined by Deedee, a brash and rough spoken young woman who, at first glance, seems to be the complete opposite of the reserved, carefully spoken Alberta. As they go about their chores a conversation begins, and it becomes apparent that Alberta might prefer to be alone. As for Deedee, her natural ebullience leads her to reveal more than Alberta cares to know about her childhood and, although she makes light of it, the heartache she feels now that her husband is cheating on her. In time Alberta unbends, confessing that her own life is not as tidy as Deedee had assumed. In the end, the two hear each other out and come to a better understanding of how to deal with the isolation and rejection that life can inflict"--Page 4 of cover.
Author | : Joyce Devlin |
Publisher | : Baker's Plays |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780874400076 |
Author | : Linda Ginter-Brown |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2014-04-08 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1135548455 |
This collection of ten original (and one reprinted) essays provides an in-depth examination of one of America's foremost contemporary playwrights. Established critics as well as younger scholars examine well-known works such as Getting Out, 'night, Mother, The Laundromat, and the adaptation of The Secret Garden. Lesser known plays such as The Holdup, Sarah and Abraham, Traveler in the Dark, and Loving Daniel Boone are also discussed. This casebook includes an interview with Norman commenting on her work and her place in American theater as well as a review of 'night, Mother by drama critic Robert Brustein. The essays analyze Norman's works in comparison to the works of other playwrights and examine the mother/daughter relationships of the characters as well as Norman's sense of a woman's place within a patriarchal culture.
Author | : Lisa Tyler |
Publisher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2019-09-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1643360035 |
Best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning play 'night, Mother and her acclaimed adaptations of The Secret Garden and The Color Purple for musical theater, Marsha Norman has produced an impressive oeuvre that includes not only works for the stage but also a novel and several television screenplays. The first book on the Louisville-born writer in twenty years, Understanding Marsha Norman introduces readers to her life and work while making a persuasive case for her preeminence among America's leading dramatic artists. Following a biographical introduction, the book examines such early plays as Getting Out, Third and Oak, and Circus Valentine, which, according to the playwright herself, taught her the skills she needed to write her more successful works—most notably the much-lauded two-character drama 'night, Mother, which centers around an apparently rational young woman's choice to commit suicide. Subsequent chapters examine Norman's underrated novel The Fortune Teller and three mid-career plays that rewrite the traditions of the Western, the biblical story of Sarah and Abraham, and the legend of Daniel Boone. Her more recent plays, including Trudy Blue, 140, and Last Dance, acknowledge the limitations of romantic relationships, while her forays into musical theater and television, including scripts for such programs as Law and Order: Criminal Intent and the Peabody-winning HBO series In Treatment, signal a dramatist who is ever willing to take risks and venture into new genres. At her best when writing about interesting and troubled women and their relationships with each other, Norman has received much less critical attention than male contemporaries such as Sam Shepard and David Mamet. This engaging and edifying book helps rectify that disparity.
Author | : Christopher Innes |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2013-12-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1408134810 |
Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years. This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in detail. Written by a team of 25 eminent international scholars, each chapter provides: · a biographical introduction to the playwright's work; · a survey and concise analysis of the writer's most important plays; · a discussion of their style, dramaturgical concerns and critical reception; · a bibliography of published plays and a select list of critical works. Among the many Tony, Obie and Pulitzer prize-winning playwrights included are Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, August Wilson, Paula Vogel and Neil LaBute. The abundance of work analysed enables fresh, illuminating conclusions to be drawn about the development of contemporary American playwriting.
Author | : Lynda Hart |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780472063895 |
The first scholarly collection to discuss the intersection of feminism and dramatic theory
Author | : Jerry Roberts |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781557835123 |
"The profound expansion of television into American homes in the 1950s brought a flood of adapted plays to the small screen and resulted in the rebirth of the careers of many significant playwrights. The Great American Playwrights on the Screen provides fans with a video and DVD guide to the adapted works of the playwrights and shows which versions are available for home viewing and in what media (VHS and DVD). It resurrects the memory of television productions of plays at a critical time, when many of them - including Emmy winners and nominees - are deteriorating in vaults."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : |
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ISBN | : 9780822227175 |