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Author | : C. W. E. Bigsby |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780521668071 |
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A leading writer on American theatre explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights.
Author | : David Savran |
Publisher | : Theatre Communications Group |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1559367105 |
Download In Their Own Words Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Includes: Lee Breuer, Christopher Durang, Richard Foreman, Maria Irene Fornes, Charles Fuller, John Guare, Joan Holden, David Henry Hwang, David Mamet, Emily Mann, Richard Nelson, Marsha Norman, David Rabe, Wallace Shawn, Stephen Sondheim, Megan Terry, Luis Valdez, Michael Weller, August Wilson and Lanford Wilson.
Author | : Christopher Innes |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2013-12-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1408134810 |
Download The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : Christopher Innes |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2013-12-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1408134802 |
Download The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : Christopher Bigsby |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2017-12-07 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1108419585 |
Download Twenty-First Century American Playwrights Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Introduces nine exciting and talented playwrights who have emerged in twenty-first century America, exploring issues of race, gender and society.
Author | : Philip C. Kolin |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2007-11-07 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1135866481 |
Download Contemporary African American Women Playwrights Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the last 50 years, American and World theatre have been challenged and enriched by the rise to prominence of numerous female African American dramatists. Contemporary African American Women Playwrights is the first critical volume to explore the contexts and influences of these writers, and their exploration of black history and identity through a wealth of diverse, courageous and visionary dramas.
Author | : Susan Miller |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2019-02-21 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1350084832 |
Download Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Based at Shepherd University, in West Virginia, the Contemporary American Theater Festival is nationally and internationally recognized as a home for playwrights and the development and production of new plays. The Festival makes it a priority to celebrate and produce playwrights with strong, distinct voices, with a core value to tell diverse stories. This anthology of work provides plays that speak to one of the most compelling virtues of artists everywhere – freedom of speech. A necessary volume of women playwrights' work, ranging from a two-time Obie Award-winning author to emerging writers just beginning their careers, it represents a group of women who vary in age, race and sexual orientation and offers an invitation to artistic leaders, scholars and students to embrace gritty, thought-provoking new dramatic work. Edited by The Festival's Producing Directors Peggy McKowen and Ed Herendeen, this anthology features an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage. Each of the five powerful plays is followed by an informative and discursive playwright interview conducted by Sharon J. Anderson that contextualizes and develops the works within the wider context of the annual festival. The plays include: Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W Gregory Dead and Breathing by Chisa Hutchinson 20th Century Blues by Susan Miller
Author | : Allan Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : |
Download American Plays and Playwrights of the Contemporary Theatre Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Brooks McNamara |
Publisher | : Signet |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780451528377 |
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This collection of modern American plays, edited and introduced by Brooks McNamara, includes "Streamers" by David Rabe, "Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley, and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" by August Wilson, with five others by John Guare, Arthur Kopit, Christopher Durang, A. R. Gurney, and Tina Howe. Reprint.
Author | : Dana A. Williams |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1998-06-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0313064954 |
Download Contemporary African American Female Playwrights Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was a major dramatic success and brought to the world's attention the potential talent of African American women playwrights. But in spite of Hansberry's landmark contribution, both the theater and the literary world have often failed to include contemporary African American female playwrights within the circle of production, publication, and criticism. In African American drama anthologies, female playwrights are seldom given the degree of attention that is accorded their male counterparts. And because of space constraints, anthologies of works by women playwrights are forced to exclude numerous female dramatists, including African Americans. Meanwhile, some scholars have argued that the works of African American female playwrights are seldom produced in the mainstream theater because these plays frequently challenge the views of white America. But as A Raisin in the Sun demonstrates, plays by African American women dramatists can have a powerful message and are worthy of attention. A comprehensive research tool, this annotated bibliography sheds light on the often neglected works of contemporary African American female playwrights. Included within its scope are those dramatists who have had at least one work published since 1959, the year of Hansberry's monumental achievement. The first section provides a listing of anthologies that include one or more plays written by an African American female dramatist. The second gives entries for reference works and for scholarly and critical studies of the dramatists and their plays. The third presents a listing of published plays by individual dramatists, along with a summary of each drama; the works of each playwright that are related to drama; and secondary sources that treat the dramatists and their plays. Entries are accompanied by concise but informative annotations, and the volume closes with a list of periodicals that frequently publish criticism of African American female playwrights, a section of brief biographical sketches of the dramatists, and extensive indexes.