Author: Emmanuel S. Nelson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313052891
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Despite their significant contributions to the American theater, African American dramatists have received less critical attention than novelists and poets. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of the lives and works of African American playwrights from the 19th century to the present. The book alphabetically arranges entries on more than 60 dramatists, including James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Ossie Davis, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the playwright's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. African American dramatists have made enormous contributions to the theater and their works are included in numerous editions and anthologies. Some of the most popular plays of the 20th century have been written by African Americans, and high school students and undergraduates study their works. But for all their popularity and influence, African American playwrights have received less critical attention than poets and novelists. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of more than 60 African American dramatists from the 19th century to the present.
African American Dramatists
The Journals of Mihail Sebastian
Author: David Auburn
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822220060
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
THE STORY: In the decadent, politically explosive Bucharest of the 1930s and 40s, a young writer struggles to maintain his career, his integrity and his Jewish identity, even as his closest friends ally themselves with Fascism. Based on the controv
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822220060
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
THE STORY: In the decadent, politically explosive Bucharest of the 1930s and 40s, a young writer struggles to maintain his career, his integrity and his Jewish identity, even as his closest friends ally themselves with Fascism. Based on the controv
100 Monologues
Author: Laura Harrington
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451626882
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
A collection of one hundred monologues from New York's "New Dramatists."
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451626882
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
A collection of one hundred monologues from New York's "New Dramatists."
Irish Women Dramatists
Author: Eileen Kearney
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815652925
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Irish women dramatists have long faced an uphill challenge in getting the recognition and audience of their male counterparts. There are more female playwrights now than ever before, but they are often ignored by mainstream theatres. Kearney and Headrick strive to shift the spotlight with Irish Women Dramatists. The plays collected in this volume represent a cross-section of the excellent dramatic output of Irish women writing in the twentieth century. In addition to the scripts and biographical introductions, the anthology includes a detailed, critical, annotated essay addressing the development of the Irish theatre throughout this time period, and the place women have artistically carved out for themselves in a traditionally male-dominated theatre industry and dramatic canon. One of the few collections of plays by Irish women, this volume contextualizes the political and sociological climate in which these playwrights developed. As theatre practitioners—actors and directors—as well as scholars, Kearney and Headrick have devoted years of research to discovering and rediscovering the contributions these women have made—and continue to make—in the Irish and world theatre scenes.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815652925
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Irish women dramatists have long faced an uphill challenge in getting the recognition and audience of their male counterparts. There are more female playwrights now than ever before, but they are often ignored by mainstream theatres. Kearney and Headrick strive to shift the spotlight with Irish Women Dramatists. The plays collected in this volume represent a cross-section of the excellent dramatic output of Irish women writing in the twentieth century. In addition to the scripts and biographical introductions, the anthology includes a detailed, critical, annotated essay addressing the development of the Irish theatre throughout this time period, and the place women have artistically carved out for themselves in a traditionally male-dominated theatre industry and dramatic canon. One of the few collections of plays by Irish women, this volume contextualizes the political and sociological climate in which these playwrights developed. As theatre practitioners—actors and directors—as well as scholars, Kearney and Headrick have devoted years of research to discovering and rediscovering the contributions these women have made—and continue to make—in the Irish and world theatre scenes.
One on One
Author: Joyce Henry
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1476849536
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
original paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1476849536
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
original paperback
Yankee Tavern
Author: Steven Dietz
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822223849
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
THE STORY: Just when you thought you'd heard every crazy 9/11 conspiracy theory, a stranger walks into the Yankee Tavern. There, inside the walls of this crumbling New York tavern, a young couple finds themselves caught up in what might be the bigg
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822223849
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
THE STORY: Just when you thought you'd heard every crazy 9/11 conspiracy theory, a stranger walks into the Yankee Tavern. There, inside the walls of this crumbling New York tavern, a young couple finds themselves caught up in what might be the bigg
Alejandro Morales: Collected Plays
Author: Alejandro Morales
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615186211
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Three provocative plays by Cuban-American dramatist Alejandro Morales. Mixing gothic horror, humor and Lorquian homages, this collection is a bold look at new US Latino drama's possibilities. Prefaced by interview with award-winning playwright Caridad Svich
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615186211
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Three provocative plays by Cuban-American dramatist Alejandro Morales. Mixing gothic horror, humor and Lorquian homages, this collection is a bold look at new US Latino drama's possibilities. Prefaced by interview with award-winning playwright Caridad Svich
Women Playwrights
Author: D. L. Lepidus
Publisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN: 9781575253787
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The 12th edition of the popular Women Playwrights Series is an inspiring collection of new plays by contemporary American playwrights. Introduction by Jan Buttram, Artistic Director, Abingdon Theatre Company. A woman's-eye view of our challenging times.
Publisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN: 9781575253787
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The 12th edition of the popular Women Playwrights Series is an inspiring collection of new plays by contemporary American playwrights. Introduction by Jan Buttram, Artistic Director, Abingdon Theatre Company. A woman's-eye view of our challenging times.
The Ground on which I Stand
Author: August Wilson
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559361873
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
August Wilson's radical and provocative call to arms.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559361873
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
August Wilson's radical and provocative call to arms.
The Plays of Harold Pinter
Author: Andrew Wyllie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137315679
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This Reader's Guide synthesises the key criticism on Pinter's work over the last half century. Andrew Wyllie and Catherine Rees examine critical approaches and reactions to the major plays, charting the controversies which have arisen in response to Pinter's critiques of political and sexual issues. They consider criticism from the press and academics, on the themes of Absurdism, politics and gender identity. By placing this criticism in its historical context, this guide illustrates a transition from bewilderment and outrage to affection, fascination - and more outrage.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137315679
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This Reader's Guide synthesises the key criticism on Pinter's work over the last half century. Andrew Wyllie and Catherine Rees examine critical approaches and reactions to the major plays, charting the controversies which have arisen in response to Pinter's critiques of political and sexual issues. They consider criticism from the press and academics, on the themes of Absurdism, politics and gender identity. By placing this criticism in its historical context, this guide illustrates a transition from bewilderment and outrage to affection, fascination - and more outrage.