Author: Otis L. Guernsey
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879101831
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
"Featuring scenes from the ten best plays"--Jacket.
The Best Plays of 1993-1994
Author: Otis L. Guernsey
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879101831
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
"Featuring scenes from the ten best plays"--Jacket.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879101831
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
"Featuring scenes from the ten best plays"--Jacket.
The Best American Short Plays 1994-1995
Author: Howard Stein
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557832320
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557832320
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.
A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama
Author: David Krasner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405137347
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion ofworks by previously marginalized playwrights Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as TennesseeWilliams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein Allows readers to make new links between particular plays andplaywrights Examines the movements that framed the century, such as theHarlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the soloperformances of the 1980s and 1990s Situates American drama within larger discussions aboutAmerican ideas and culture
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405137347
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion ofworks by previously marginalized playwrights Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as TennesseeWilliams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein Allows readers to make new links between particular plays andplaywrights Examines the movements that framed the century, such as theHarlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the soloperformances of the 1980s and 1990s Situates American drama within larger discussions aboutAmerican ideas and culture
The Best American Short Plays 1998-1999
Author: Glenn Young
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557834256
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557834256
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.
The Theater of Tony Kushner
Author: James Fisher
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429675984
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The Theater of Tony Kushner is a comprehensive portrait of the forty-year long career of dramatist Tony Kushner as playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and public intellectual and political activist. Following an introduction examining the influences of Kushner’s development as an artist, this updated second edition features individual chapters on his major plays, including A Bright Room Called Day, Hydriotaphia, or The Death of Dr. Browne, Angels in America, Slavs! Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness, Homebody/Kabul, Caroline, or Change, and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, along with chapters on Kushner’s adaptations, one-act plays, and screenplays, including his two Academy Award-nominated screenplays, Munich and Lincoln. A book for anyone interested in theater, film, literature, and the ways in which the past informs the present, this second edition of The Theater of Tony Kushner explores how his writings reflect key elements of American society, from politics and economics to race, gender, and spirituality, all with the hope of inspiring America to live up to its ideals.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429675984
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The Theater of Tony Kushner is a comprehensive portrait of the forty-year long career of dramatist Tony Kushner as playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and public intellectual and political activist. Following an introduction examining the influences of Kushner’s development as an artist, this updated second edition features individual chapters on his major plays, including A Bright Room Called Day, Hydriotaphia, or The Death of Dr. Browne, Angels in America, Slavs! Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness, Homebody/Kabul, Caroline, or Change, and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, along with chapters on Kushner’s adaptations, one-act plays, and screenplays, including his two Academy Award-nominated screenplays, Munich and Lincoln. A book for anyone interested in theater, film, literature, and the ways in which the past informs the present, this second edition of The Theater of Tony Kushner explores how his writings reflect key elements of American society, from politics and economics to race, gender, and spirituality, all with the hope of inspiring America to live up to its ideals.
The Best Plays of ...
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Entertainment Awards
Author: Don Franks
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476608067
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
What show won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 1984? Who won the Oscar as Best Director in 1929? What actor won the Best Actor Obie for his work in Futz in 1967? Who was named “Comedian of the Year” by the Country Music Association in 1967? Whose album was named “Record of the Year” by the American Music Awards in 1991? What did the National Broadway Theatre Awards name as the “Best Musical” in 2003? This thoroughly updated, revised and “highly recommended” (Library Journal) reference work lists over 15,000 winners of twenty major entertainment awards: the Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy, Country Music Association, New York Film Critics, Pulitzer Prize for Theater, Tony, Obie, New York Drama Critic’s Circle, Prime Time Emmy, Daytime Emmy, the American Music Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the National Broadway Theatre Awards (touring Broadway plays), the National Association of Broadcasters Awards, the American Film Institute Awards and Peabody. Production personnel and special honors are also provided.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476608067
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
What show won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 1984? Who won the Oscar as Best Director in 1929? What actor won the Best Actor Obie for his work in Futz in 1967? Who was named “Comedian of the Year” by the Country Music Association in 1967? Whose album was named “Record of the Year” by the American Music Awards in 1991? What did the National Broadway Theatre Awards name as the “Best Musical” in 2003? This thoroughly updated, revised and “highly recommended” (Library Journal) reference work lists over 15,000 winners of twenty major entertainment awards: the Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy, Country Music Association, New York Film Critics, Pulitzer Prize for Theater, Tony, Obie, New York Drama Critic’s Circle, Prime Time Emmy, Daytime Emmy, the American Music Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the National Broadway Theatre Awards (touring Broadway plays), the National Association of Broadcasters Awards, the American Film Institute Awards and Peabody. Production personnel and special honors are also provided.
Tony Kushner in Conversation
Author: Tony Kushner
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472066612
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The premier American playwright of this decade speaks out about art, sexuality, and social justice
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472066612
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The premier American playwright of this decade speaks out about art, sexuality, and social justice
This is Today
Author: Eric Mink
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740738534
Category : DVD-VIdeo discs
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A retrospective of the television program celebrates fifty years of news broadcasts, interviews, and commentary, from early days to the present day team of Katie Couric and Matt Lauer, accompanied by a DVD.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740738534
Category : DVD-VIdeo discs
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A retrospective of the television program celebrates fifty years of news broadcasts, interviews, and commentary, from early days to the present day team of Katie Couric and Matt Lauer, accompanied by a DVD.
Understanding Blackness through Performance
Author: Anne Cremieux
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137313803
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
How does the performance of blackness reframe issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality? Here, the contributors look into representational practices in film, literature, fashion, and theatre and explore how they have fleshed out political struggles, while recognizing that they have sometimes maintained the mechanisms of violence against blacks.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137313803
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
How does the performance of blackness reframe issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality? Here, the contributors look into representational practices in film, literature, fashion, and theatre and explore how they have fleshed out political struggles, while recognizing that they have sometimes maintained the mechanisms of violence against blacks.