Author: C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521668071
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
A leading writer on American theatre explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights.
Contemporary American Playwrights
Author: C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521668071
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
A leading writer on American theatre explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521668071
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
A leading writer on American theatre explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights.
In Their Own Words
Author: David Savran
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367105
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367105
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
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.
The Playwright's Art
Author: Jackson R. Bryer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
On the evening of January 29, 1948, a new musical, 'Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'!', opened at New York's New Adelphi Theatre, marking the Broadway debut of a young playwriting team, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, who were responsible for the show's book. Forty-six years later, Lawrence and Lee are reworking their most recent play, Whisper In The Mind, for a potential New York production, but the intervening decades have seen major changes in the landscape of the American theatre. Many of these changes are discussed and debated in this collection of interviews and are exemplified in the careers of the dramatists included.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
On the evening of January 29, 1948, a new musical, 'Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'!', opened at New York's New Adelphi Theatre, marking the Broadway debut of a young playwriting team, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, who were responsible for the show's book. Forty-six years later, Lawrence and Lee are reworking their most recent play, Whisper In The Mind, for a potential New York production, but the intervening decades have seen major changes in the landscape of the American theatre. Many of these changes are discussed and debated in this collection of interviews and are exemplified in the careers of the dramatists included.
Contemporary American Dramatists
Author: Kathryn Ann Berney
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
This pioneering work profiles nearly 200 U.S. playwrights, both living and deceased, and is part of St. James Press' Contemporary Literature Series. "Contemporary American Dramatists" provides invaluable critical, biographical and bibliographical information on nearly 200 of the most important American dramatists since the end of World War II.
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
This pioneering work profiles nearly 200 U.S. playwrights, both living and deceased, and is part of St. James Press' Contemporary Literature Series. "Contemporary American Dramatists" provides invaluable critical, biographical and bibliographical information on nearly 200 of the most important American dramatists since the end of World War II.
The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights
Author: Christopher Innes
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408134802
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
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.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408134802
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
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.
American Plays and Playwrights of the Contemporary Theatre
Author: Allan Lewis
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 9780517509470
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 9780517509470
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Playwright's Voice
Author: David Savran
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367113
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This new volume of interviews with contemporary playwrights attests to the fact the dramatic art is alive and well in America and celebrates the art and talent of fifteen of the theatre's most important artists. In extensive interviews, they discuss their work, influences and their craft and how the art form relates to our cultural heritage, as well as the state of theatre-its-meaning and purposes as we approach the 21st Century. David Savran lays out their remarkable achievements and provides telling insights to their work in his substantial introductions to each interview. Interviews with: Edward Albee Jon Robin Baitz Philip Kan Gotanda Holly Hughes Tony Kushner Terrence McNally Suzan-Lori Parks José Rivera Ntozake Shange Nicky Silver Anna Deavere Smith Paula Vogel Wendy Wasserstein Mac Wellman and George C. Wolfe.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367113
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This new volume of interviews with contemporary playwrights attests to the fact the dramatic art is alive and well in America and celebrates the art and talent of fifteen of the theatre's most important artists. In extensive interviews, they discuss their work, influences and their craft and how the art form relates to our cultural heritage, as well as the state of theatre-its-meaning and purposes as we approach the 21st Century. David Savran lays out their remarkable achievements and provides telling insights to their work in his substantial introductions to each interview. Interviews with: Edward Albee Jon Robin Baitz Philip Kan Gotanda Holly Hughes Tony Kushner Terrence McNally Suzan-Lori Parks José Rivera Ntozake Shange Nicky Silver Anna Deavere Smith Paula Vogel Wendy Wasserstein Mac Wellman and George C. Wolfe.
Contemporary Dramatists
Plays from the Contemporary American Theater
Author: Brooks McNamara
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451528377
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451528377
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
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.
Modern Dramatists
Author: Kimball King
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136521194
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights of the 20th century, written by leading figures in drama/performance studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136521194
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights of the 20th century, written by leading figures in drama/performance studies.