A Study Guide for Douglas Carter Beane's "As Bees in Honey Drown"

A Study Guide for Douglas Carter Beane's
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2016
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1410340422

A Study Guide for Douglas Carter Beane's "As Bees in Honey Drown," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

As Bees in Honey Drown

As Bees in Honey Drown
Author: Douglas Carter Beane
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1998
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822216513

THE STORY: Evan Wyler has just finished a photo session with his shirt off. No, he's not a supermodel; he's a twenty-something New York writer savoring the success of his debut novel. Defined by the media as the hot-young thing-of-the-moment, Eva

Man into wolf

Man into wolf
Author: Robert Eisler
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1969
Genre:
ISBN:

Mr. & Mrs. Fitch

Mr. & Mrs. Fitch
Author: Douglas Carter Beane
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2010
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822224693

THE STORY: Meet gossip columnists Mr. and Mrs. Fitch. When the social circuit no longer provides juicy morsels, when the pressure to create news in our never-ending news cycle becomes just a bit much, it's time to toss back the martinis, toss aroun

The Nance

The Nance
Author: Douglas Carter Beane
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2016-05-16
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0822230771

THE STORY: In the 1930s, burlesque impresarios welcomed the hilarious comics and musical parodies of vaudeville to their decidedly lowbrow niche. A headliner called "the nance"—usually played by a straight man—was a stereotypically camp homosexual and master of comic double entendre. THE NANCE recreates the naughty, raucous world of burlesque's heyday and tells the backstage story of Chauncey Miles and his fellow performers. At a time when it was easy to play gay and dangerous to be gay, Chauncey's uproarious antics on the stage stand out in marked contrast to his offstage life.

Broadway Plays and Musicals

Broadway Plays and Musicals
Author: Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 645
Release: 2009-04-22
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786453095

New York City's Broadway district is by far the most prestigious and lucrative venue for American performers, playwrights, entertainers and technicians. While there are many reference works and critical studies of selected Broadway plays or musicals and even more works about the highlights of the American theater, this is the first single-volume book to cover all of the activities on Broadway between 1919 and 2007. More than 14,000 productions are briefly described, including hundreds of plays, musicals, revivals, and specialty programs. Entries include famous and forgotten works, designed to give a complete picture of Broadway's history and development, its evolution since the early twentieth century, and its rise to unparalleled prominence in the world of American theater. The productions are identified in terms of plot, cast, personnel, critical reaction, and significance in the history of New York theater and culture. In addition to a chronological list of all Broadway productions between 1919 and 2007, the book also includes approximately 600 important productions performed on Broadway before 1919.

A Heart Divided

A Heart Divided
Author: Cherie Bennett
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-05-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0307556654

Is the Confederate battle flag a racist symbol—or a proud reminder of Southern heritage? When Kate’s liberal-minded family moves from the suburbs of New York City to a small town near Nashville, Kate is convinced her life is over. Redford lives up to Kate’s low expectations. The Confederate battle flag waves proudly in the sky, the local diner serves grits and sweet tea, and country music rules the airwaves. Then she meets Jackson Redford III, scion of the town and embodiment of everything Dixie. And dang if brilliant, gorgeous Jack doesn’t make Kate decide that maybe her new hometown isn’t so bad after all. But a petition to replace the school’s Confederate flag symbol is stirring up trouble. Kate dives right in, not afraid to attack what she sees as offensive. Getting involved means making enemies, though, and soon, Kate and Jack—and their families—find themselves pitted against each other in a bitter controversy: not just about the flag, but about what it means to be an American.

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again
Author: Alice Birch
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2023-12-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1350264407

Through a series of arresting vignettes and a collection of nameless characters, Alice Birch examines the language, behaviour and forces that shape women in the 21st century. The play asks what's stopping us from doing something truly radical to change them? Written in response to the provocation that well-behaved women seldom make history, the play is an assault on the language that has fueled violence against women throughout history. Problematic language frequently attached to women is interrogated, from lazy sexist clichés to the conventions around a marriage proposal. Through doing so, the play rails against the conventions of work, sex, motherhood, aging and love. Revolt. She said. Revolt again was first performed at the 2014 Midsummer Mischief Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon. It transferred to the Royal Court Upstairs and was more recently produced at New York's Soho Rep. It is published here in a Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Marissia Fragkou, who locates the play in our contemporary political and cultural context (including second- and third-wave feminism, and the #MeToo movement).