The Playwright's Voice
Title | The Playwright's Voice PDF eBook |
Author | David Savran |
Publisher | Theatre Communications Grou |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781559361637 |
These 15 interviews illustrate the diversity of modern American theater and examine what makes it a unique art form. Savran (English, Brown U.) discusses the work, artistic influences, and the state of contemporary American theater and its meaning and purpose with artists including Tony Kushner, Jose Rivera, Ntozake Shange, and Anna Deveare Smith. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Playwright's Voice
Title | The Playwright's Voice PDF eBook |
Author | David Savran |
Publisher | Theatre Communications Group |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 1999-04-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1559367113 |
This new volume of interviews with contemporary playwrights attests to the fact the dramatic art is alive and well in America and celebrates the art and talent of fifteen of the theatre's most important artists. In extensive interviews, they discuss their work, influences and their craft and how the art form relates to our cultural heritage, as well as the state of theatre-its-meaning and purposes as we approach the 21st Century. David Savran lays out their remarkable achievements and provides telling insights to their work in his substantial introductions to each interview. Interviews with: Edward Albee Jon Robin Baitz Philip Kan Gotanda Holly Hughes Tony Kushner Terrence McNally Suzan-Lori Parks José Rivera Ntozake Shange Nicky Silver Anna Deavere Smith Paula Vogel Wendy Wasserstein Mac Wellman and George C. Wolfe.
Voices of a Generation
Title | Voices of a Generation PDF eBook |
Author | Michelle MacArthur |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2021-10-26 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780369102966 |
This collection of three Canadian plays--zahgidiwin/love by Frances Koncan, The Millennial Malcontent by Erin Shields, and Smoke by Elena Eli Belyea--speaks to millennials' complex and varied experiences and the challenges and stereotypes they often face.
The Author's Voice
Title | The Author's Voice PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Greenberg |
Publisher | Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | American drama |
ISBN | 9780822200796 |
A pretty editor is smitten with a handsome young writer, " but she begins to wonder (to the audience) at the emptiness- even banality- of his conversation." The real author is an ugly creature who hides while his work is credited to another.
Voices of Color
Title | Voices of Color PDF eBook |
Author | Woodie King |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2000-02 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1617745944 |
A collection of scenes and monologues by African American playwrights.
The Playwright's Workbook
Title | The Playwright's Workbook PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Claude van Italie |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 2000-05-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1476844836 |
(Applause Books). A series of 13 written workshops covering: conflict and character: the dominant image: Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller; Overheard voices: Ibsen and Shakespeare; The solo performance piece: listening for stories; Terror and vulnerability: Ionesco; The point of absurdity: creating without possessing: Pinter and Beckett; and much more.
The Playwright's Muse
Title | The Playwright's Muse PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Herrington |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | American drama |
ISBN | 9780815337805 |
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.