Author: Samuel CantyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Actor's Dream: a Local Drama in Two Acts
Author: Samuel CantyDream Girl
Author: Elmer RicePublisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822203322
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
THE STORY: Tells of a delightful young woman who quite inefficiently runs a bookstore. She is one of those charming but dreamy, over-imaginative young women whom the slightest suggestion may send off into the most extravagant daydreams. In her own
The Century
Author: Scribner's Monthly
Author: Josiah Gilbert HollandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Century Monthly Magazine
Author: The Illustrated London News
Author: The One-Act Play Companion
Author: Colin DolleyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408103168
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The one-act play stands apart as a distinct art form with some well known writers providing specialist material, among them Bernard Shaw, Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill. Alan Ayckbourn, Edward Albee and Tennesee Williams. There are also lesser-known writers with plenty of material to offer, yet sourcing one-act plays to perform is notoriously hard. This companion is the first book to survey the work of over 250 playwrights in an illuminating A-Z guide. Multiple styles, nationalities and periods are covered, offering a treasure trove of compelling moments of theatre waiting to be discovered. Guidance on performing and staging one-act plays is also covered as well as essential contact information and where to apply for performance rights. A chapter introducing the history of the one-act play rounds off the title as a definitive guide.
Themes in Drama: Volume 3, Drama, Dance and Music
Author: James RedmondPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521221801
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This collection surveys madness in drama. It includes articles on "The Duchess of Malfi"; virginity and hysteria in "The Changeling"; the confined spectacle of madness in Beys's "The Illustrious Madmen"; The male gaze in "Woyzeck" - representing Marie and madness; and other drama examples.
Historical Dictionary of African American Theater
Author: Anthony D. HillPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538117290
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Theater reflects the rich history and representation of the black aesthetic and the significance of African American theater’s history, fleeting present, and promise to the future. It celebrates nearly 200 years of black theater in the United States and the thousands of black theater artists across the country—identifying representative black theaters, playwrights, plays, actors, directors, and designers and chronicling their contributions to the field from the birth of black theater in 1816 to the present. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Theater, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on actors, playwrights, plays, musicals, theatres, -directors, and designers. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know and more about African American Theater.
The Heart of Branson: The Entertaining Families of America's Live Music Show Capital
Author: Arline ChandlerPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614232717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Millions of Americans cherish childhood memories of family trips to Branson to see performances by the Baldknobbers or the Presleys. Now they take their own children to see how new generations of those same entertaining families continue to split sides and tug heartstrings. Go backstage with Arline Chandler in places like Silver Dollar City and the Shepherd of the Hills. Reminisce in the stories of the people who made Branson into the showbiz marvel that it is today while holding on to the values of hard work and family at the town's cultural foundation. And learn about the emergence of newer acts like the Duttons, the Hughes Brothers and Shoji Tabuchi in a place where Broadway and the backwoods shake hands and SIX voices is all that is needed to produce a full orchestra.