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Author | : Margaret Brenman-Gibson |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781557834577 |
(Applause Books). Clifford Odets through his plays, which include "Waiting for Lefty" and "Awake" and "Sing!", was the champion of the oppressed, avenger for the poor. He and his plays, as presented by the influential Group Theatre, were the conscience of America during the Depression. Author Margaret Brenman-Gibson, a respected psychoanalyst and close personal friend, penned what is considered the classic biography of Odets. Based on exhaustive research, including access to his personal papers, plus her own insights into the man and his career, it is at last back in prtin. The book is richly annotated, with a thorough bibliography, personal chronology, a list of Odets' works, published and unpublished, and a section of rare photographs.
Author | : Christopher Bigsby |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1108419585 |
Introduces nine exciting and talented playwrights who have emerged in twenty-first century America, exploring issues of race, gender and society.
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Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Author | : Catharine Hughes |
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Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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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 | : Stella Adler |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2013-09-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0679746994 |
Stella Adler was one of the most influential acting teachers of all time, a legendary force of nature whose generations of students include Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Anthony Quinn, Diana Ross, Robert De Niro, Warren Beatty, Annette Benning, and Mark Ruffalo. This long-awaited companion to her book on the master European playwrights brings to life America’s most revered playwrights, whom she knew, loved, and worked with. Brilliantly edited by Barry Paris, Adler’s lectures on the giants of twentieth-century theater feature her indispensable insights into such classic plays as “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” “The Skin of Our Teeth,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Come Back, Little Sheba,” “The Glass Menagerie,” and “Death of a Salesman,” while shedding new light on such lesser known gems as Tennessee Williams’s “The Lady of Larkspur Lotion” and Arthur Miller’s “After the Fall.” Illuminating, revelatory, inspiring—this is Stella Adler at her electrifying best.
Author | : Lillian Hellman |
Publisher | : Back Bay Books |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2000-07-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780316352949 |
In 1952, Hellman joined the ranks of intellectuals and artists called before Congress to testify about political subversion. Terrified yet defiant, Hellman refused to incriminate herself or others, and managed to avoid trial. Nonetheless the experience brought devastating controversy and loss. First published in 1972, her retelling of the time features a remarkable cast of characters, including her lover, novelist Dashiell Hammett, a slew of famous friends and colleagues, and a pack of "scoundrels" -- ruthless, ambitious politicians and the people who complied with their demands.
Author | : Horton Foote |
Publisher | : Baylor University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0918954916 |
Besides To Kill A Mockingbird and The Trip To Bountiful, Foote has written a score of notable plays, teleplays, and films.
Author | : C. W. E. Bigsby |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780521668071 |
A leading writer on American theatre explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights.
Author | : Christopher Innes |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2013-12-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1408134802 |
Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years. This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in detail. Written by a team of 25 eminent international scholars, each chapter provides: · a biographical introduction to the playwright's work; · a survey and concise analysis of the writer's most important plays; · a discussion of their style, dramaturgical concerns and critical reception; · a bibliography of published plays and a select list of critical works. Among the many Tony, Obie and Pulitzer prize-winning playwrights included are Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, August Wilson, Paula Vogel and Neil LaBute. The abundance of work analysed enables fresh, illuminating conclusions to be drawn about the development of contemporary American playwriting.