Lists nearly five hundred black American playwrights and their works as well as presenting a guide to criticism and reviews.
The Lady from the Sea (Classic Henrik Ibsen) (Methuen Drama Modern Plays)
by Henrik Ibsen
In a new translation by Pam Gems, the author of Stanley, Piaf and The Snow Palace.
The Pig, or Vaclav Havel's Hunt for a Pig (Havel Collection) (Havel Collection)
by Vaclav Havel, Vladimir Moravek, and Mor Vek Vladim R
L'ecriture de Michele Fabien (1945-1999) s'enracine dans la dynamique intellectuelle et culturelle des annees 1960/70, tout en se plongeant dans les enjeux et questionnements de la belgitude et du Nouveau Theatre. Son itineraire passe de la recherche litteraire et de la dramaturgie a l'adaptation theatrale comme reecriture puis a l'ecriture personnelle, voire a la mise en scene, dans le cadre du role majeur qu'elle joue de plus en plus aux cotes de Marc Liebens dans l'histoire de l'Ensemble Thea...
Dramaturgy of Form examines verse in twenty-first-century theatre practice across different languages, cultures, and media. Through interdisciplinary engagement, Kasia Lech offers a new method for verse analysis in the performance context. The book traces the dramaturgical operation of verse in new writings, musicals, devised performances, multilingual dramas, Hip Hop theatre, films, digital projects, and gig theatre, as well as translations and adaptations of classics and new theatre forms cre...
The Collected Shorter Plays of Samuel Beckett (Beckett, Samuel)
by Samuel Beckett
Half a Century of Japanese Theater v. 5; 1970s
This fifth volume, Japanese Theater of the 1970s, treats six plays. Crime is the dominant subject. Three plays are about homicide, two are about other criminal offenses against public order and society, and one is about survival during times of war. While many of the human relations depicted in these works illustrate exploitation and brutalization, the touch of the playwrights is often surprisingly light and humorous. These dramas offer serious but enjoyable reading. Contents: The Amida Black...
Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival
by Ms Susan Miller, Ms Eleanor Burgess, Ms Johnna Adams, Ms Chisa Hutchinson, and D W Gregory
Based at Shepherd University, in West Virginia, the Contemporary American Theater Festival is nationally and internationally recognized as a home for playwrights and the development and production of new plays. The Festival makes it a priority to celebrate and produce playwrights with strong, distinct voices, with a core value to tell diverse stories. This anthology of work provides plays that speak to one of the most compelling virtues of artists everywhere – freedom of speech. A necessary vol...
The First Lady of the Land: A Play in Four Acts (Classic Reprint)
by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger
Wie die Computerspiele ein neues Kapitel der Literaturgeschichte schreiben sollen
by Ludwig Andert
An enthralling play based on lost tapes between two cultural giants and friends-Andy Warhol and Truman Capote. In 1978 Andy Warhol and Truman Capote decided to write a Broadway play. Andy suggested that he record their private conversations over the period of a few months, and that these tapes would be the source material for the play. The tapes were then filed away and forgotten. Their play was never completed. Now, award-winning director Rob Roth brings their vision to life after a years-lo...
Praised by her mentor John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren was America's first woman playwright and female historian of the American Revolution. In this unprecedented biography, Nancy Rubin Stuart reveals how Warren's provocative writing made her an exception among the largely voiceless women of the eighteenth century.
