Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410350800
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
A Study Guide for Alfred Uhry's "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
Driving Miss Daisy
Author: Alfred Uhry
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559366451
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Racial tensions are delicately explored when a warm friendship evolves between an elderly Jewish woman and her black chauffeur. Winner of a 1988 Pulitzer Prize, and Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559366451
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Racial tensions are delicately explored when a warm friendship evolves between an elderly Jewish woman and her black chauffeur. Winner of a 1988 Pulitzer Prize, and Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Author: Alfred Uhry
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
To all appearances, The Last Night of Ballyhoo declares itself to be nothing more than an old-fashioned, family-centered, living-room comedy ...
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
To all appearances, The Last Night of Ballyhoo declares itself to be nothing more than an old-fashioned, family-centered, living-room comedy ...
Harvey
Author: Mary Chase
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822205005
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
THE STORY: When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him c
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822205005
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
THE STORY: When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him c
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Author: August Wilson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593087607
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences comes Joe Turner's Come and Gone—Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. “The glow accompanying August Wilson’s place in contemporary American theater is fixed.”—Toni Morrison When Harold Loomis arrives at a black Pittsburgh boardinghouse after seven years' impressed labor on Joe Turner's chain gang, he is a free man—in body. But the scars of his enslavement and a sense of inescapable alienation oppress his spirit still, and the seemingly hospitable rooming house seethes with tension and distrust in the presence of this tormented stranger. Loomis is looking for the wife he left behind, believing that she can help him reclaim his old identity. But through his encounters with the other residents he begins to realize that what he really seeks is his rightful place in a new world—and it will take more than the skill of the local “People Finder” to discover it. This jazz-influenced drama is a moving narrative of African-American experience in the 20th century.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593087607
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences comes Joe Turner's Come and Gone—Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. “The glow accompanying August Wilson’s place in contemporary American theater is fixed.”—Toni Morrison When Harold Loomis arrives at a black Pittsburgh boardinghouse after seven years' impressed labor on Joe Turner's chain gang, he is a free man—in body. But the scars of his enslavement and a sense of inescapable alienation oppress his spirit still, and the seemingly hospitable rooming house seethes with tension and distrust in the presence of this tormented stranger. Loomis is looking for the wife he left behind, believing that she can help him reclaim his old identity. But through his encounters with the other residents he begins to realize that what he really seeks is his rightful place in a new world—and it will take more than the skill of the local “People Finder” to discover it. This jazz-influenced drama is a moving narrative of African-American experience in the 20th century.
Blue Surge
Author: Rebecca Claire Gilman
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583421772
Category : Middle West
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583421772
Category : Middle West
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Fabulation, Or, The Re-education of Undine
Author: Lynn Nottage
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
THE STORY: FABULATION is a social satire about an ambitious and haughty African-American woman, Undine Barnes Calles, whose husband suddenly disappears after embezzling all of her money. Pregnant and on the brink of social and financial ruin, Undin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
THE STORY: FABULATION is a social satire about an ambitious and haughty African-American woman, Undine Barnes Calles, whose husband suddenly disappears after embezzling all of her money. Pregnant and on the brink of social and financial ruin, Undin
A Raisin in the Sun
Author: Lorraine Hansberry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781397398
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
"A Raisin in the Sun" reflects Lorraine Hansberry's childhood experiences in segregated Chicago. This electrifying masterpiece has enthralled audiences and has been heaped with critical accolades. "The play that changed American theatre forever" - The New York Times. Edition Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781397398
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
"A Raisin in the Sun" reflects Lorraine Hansberry's childhood experiences in segregated Chicago. This electrifying masterpiece has enthralled audiences and has been heaped with critical accolades. "The play that changed American theatre forever" - The New York Times. Edition Description
Sula
Author: Toni Morrison
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0375415351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Nel and Sula's devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0375415351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Nel and Sula's devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.
Glengarry Glen Ross
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802191797
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet's scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat real esate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their fair share of the American dream. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing with brutal power about the tough life of tough characters who cajole, connive, wheedle, and wheel and deal for a piece of the action -- where closing a sale can mean a brand new cadillac but losing one can mean losing it all. This masterpiece of American drama is now a major motion picture starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alan Arkin, Alex Baldwain, Jonathan Pryce, Ed Harris, and Kevin Spacey.
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802191797
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet's scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat real esate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their fair share of the American dream. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing with brutal power about the tough life of tough characters who cajole, connive, wheedle, and wheel and deal for a piece of the action -- where closing a sale can mean a brand new cadillac but losing one can mean losing it all. This masterpiece of American drama is now a major motion picture starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alan Arkin, Alex Baldwain, Jonathan Pryce, Ed Harris, and Kevin Spacey.
Seascape
Author: Edward Albee
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781590200124
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Hats off, and up in the air! A major dramatic event." The New York Times
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781590200124
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Hats off, and up in the air! A major dramatic event." The New York Times