100 Greatest American Plays
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| Author | : Thomas S. Hischak |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2017-03-06 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1442256060 |
Theatre in America has had a rich history—from the first performance of the Lewis Hallam Troupe in September 1752 to the lively shows of modern Broadway. Over the past few centuries, significant works by American playwrights have been produced, including Abie’s Irish Rose, Long Day’s Journey into Night, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, and Angels in America. In 100 Greatest American Plays, Thomas S. Hischak provides an engaging discussion of the best stage productions to come out of the United States. Each play is discussed in the context of its original presentation as well as its legacy. Arranged alphabetically, the entries for these plays include: plot details production history biography of the playwright literary aspects of the drama critical reaction to the play major awards the play’s influence cast lists of notable stage and film versions The plays have been selected not for their popularity but for their importance to American theatre and include works by Edward Albee, Harvey Fierstein, Lorraine Hansberry, Lillian Hellman, Tony Kushner, David Mamet, Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill, Sam Shepard, Neil Simon, Gore Vidal, Wendy Wasserstein, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, and August Wilson. This informative volume also includes complete lists of Pulitzer Prize winners for Drama, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for American Plays, and the Tony Award for Best Play. Providing critical information about the most important works produced since the eighteenth century, 100 Greatest American Plays will appeal to anyone interested in the cultural history of theatre.
| Author | : Judith E. Barlow |
| Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9781557830081 |
Traces the contributions of women to the American theater and offers the texts of five plays that deal with a sick child, a murdered husband, and family life
| Author | : Thomas S. Hischak |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 397 |
| Release | : 2018-04-20 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1538105691 |
Animation has been a staple of the filmmaking process since the early days of cinema. Animated shorts had been produced for decades, but not until 1937 did a major studio venture into animated features when Walt Disney produced Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Of the hundreds of animated feature films made since, many have proven their importance over the years while also entertaining generations of audiences. There are also many recent animated movies that promise to become classics in the field. In 100 Greatest American British Animated Films, Thomas S, Hischak looks at the most innovative, influential, and entertaining features that have been produced since the late 1930s—from traditional hand-drawn works and stop-motion films to computer-generated wonders. These movies have been selected not simply because of their popularity or critical acceptance but for their importance. Entries in this volume contain plot information production history critical reaction commentary on the film’s cinematic quality a discussion of the film’s influence voice casts production credits songs sequels, spin-offs, Broadway versions, and television adaptations awards and nominations Each movie is also discussed in the context of its original release as well as the ways in which the film has lived on in the years since. Familiar favorites and lesser-known gems are included, making the book a fascinating journey for both the avid animation fan and the everyday moviegoer. With a sweeping look at more than eight decades of movies, 100 Greatest American and British Animated Films highlights some of the most treasured features of all time.
| Author | : Clive Barnes |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 552 |
| Release | : 1969 |
| Genre | : American drama |
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| Author | : Chuck Smith |
| Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2007-07-27 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 0810123908 |
Three winners of the nation's most distinguished award for African American playwriting.
| Author | : Glenn Young |
| Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9781557834256 |
A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.
| Author | : John Gassner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 774 |
| Release | : 1955 |
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| Author | : David Adjmi |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 526 |
| Release | : 2013-03-28 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1472503430 |
The Methuen Drama Book of New American Plays is an anthology of six outstanding plays from some of the most exciting playwrights currently receiving critical acclaim in the States. It showcases work produced at a number of the leading theatres during the last decade and charts something of the extraordinary range of current playwriting in America. It will be invaluable not only to readers and theatergoers in the U.S., but to those around the world seeking out new American plays and an insight into how U.S. playwrights are engaging with their current social and political environment. There is a rich collection of distinctive, diverse voices at work in the contemporary American theatre and this brings together six of the best, with work by David Adjmi, Marcus Gardley, Young Jean Lee, Katori Hall, Christopher Shinn and Dan LeFranc. The featured plays range from the intimate to the epic, the personal to the national and taken together explore a variety of cultural perspectives on life in America. The first play, David Adjmi's Stunning, is an excavation of ruptured identity set in modern day Midwood, Brooklyn, in the heart of the insular Syrian-Jewish community; Marcus Gardley's lyrical epic The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry deals with the migration of Black Seminoles, is set in mid-1800s Oklahoma and speaks directly to modern spirituality, relocation and cultural history; Young Jean Lee's Pullman, WA deals with self-hatred and the self-help culture in her formally inventive three-character play; Katori Hall's Hurt Village uses the real housing project of "Hurt Village" as a potent allegory for urban neglect set against the backdrop of the Iraq war; Christopher Shinn's Dying City melds the personal and political in a theatrical crucible that cracks open our response to 9/11 and Abu Graib, and finally Dan LeFranc's The Big Meal, an inter-generational play spanning eighty years, is set in the mid-west in a generic restaurant and considers family legacy and how some of the smallest events in life turn out to be the most significant.
| Author | : Brooks McNamara |
| Publisher | : Signet |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9780451528377 |
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.
| Author | : Peter Dreier |
| Publisher | : Bold Type Books |
| Total Pages | : 514 |
| Release | : 2012-06-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1568586817 |
A chronological collection of brief biographies on important figures for social justice in American history, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Bob Dylan.
