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The Abbey, Ireland's National Theatre, 1904-1978
by Hugh Hunt
Hardcover
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Aboriginal Voices: Amerindian, Inuit, and Sami Theater (Paj Books)
by Per K. Brask (Editor), William Morgan (Editor)
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American Playwrights, 1880-1945: A Research and Production Sourcebook
by William W. Demastes (Editor)
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Art, Glitter, and Glitz: Mainstream Playwrights and Popular Theatre in
1920s America
by Arthur Gewirtz, James J. Kolb
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The theatre and drama of the 1920s was a decade of experimentation and
incubation for American playwrights coexisting with a flourishing and
vibrant commercial theatre. The volume provides, in 22 essays, provocative,
new readings of O'Neill, considerations of other mainstream playwrights, and
an extraordinary gamut of articles on the popular theatre of the era.
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by Todd London
Paperback
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Asking Around
by David Hare
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The candid interviews that formed the basis for David Hare's famed trilogy of plays about the state of Britain in the early 1990s.
Asking Around is a record of the firsthand documentary research that provided the inspiration and source material for David Hare's trilogy of plays, Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, and The Absence of War. The trilogy examined the crises that faced three great British institutions -- the Church, the Law, and the Labour Party -- in the lead-up to the 1992 election that saw the Labour Party once again fail to defeat the Conservatives.
Conducted over five years, Hare's interviews are composed of informal conversations with a wide range of people -- from unhappy vicars and police officers forced to put down strikes staged by their childhood friends, to judges and MPs -- most of whom reveal a surprising awareness of and cynicism about the principles of their organizations.
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August Wilson and the African-American Odyssey
by Kim Pereira
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by Dawn B. Sova
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by Judith Rudakoff (Editor), Lynn M. Thomson (Editor)
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Provides an insider's perspective on aspects of the art of dramaturgy. Included are conversations with Bill Glassco, Urjo Kareda, Maureen Labonte, Peter Hinton, Bob White, Jenny Munday, D.D. Kugler, Mark Bly, Michael Bigelow Dixon, Anne Cattaneo, Morgan Jenness, Shelby Jiggets and Norman Frisch.
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British Playwrights, 1956-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook
by William W. Demastes (Editor)
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Broadway Babies Say Goodnight: Musicals Then and Now
by Mark Steyn
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The New Yorker: "A witty, anecdote-stuffed history of the past seventy years in musicals."
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The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre
by Daniel O'Quinn
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The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill
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Michael Manheim
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The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw
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C. D. Innes
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The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre
by Errol Hill, George Woodyard (Editor), Martin Banham
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The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre
by Don B. Wilmeth (Editor), Tice L. Miller Upd Edition
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Amazon.com Expert Editor's Recommended Book: An updated, corrected
and expanded edition of the 1993 hardback, containing more than 2,300 listings
for actors, writers, directors, plays, musicals, theatres, theatrical organizations
and other must-know stage entries. The book also features some 100 topical
features, covering theatre in major U.S. cities and other subjects (such
as African American theatre, Hispanic theatre, criticism, costumes, puppets,
circus, etc.). A highlight of this indispensable guide is a biographical
index of more than 3,000 names.
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The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre
by James R. Brandon (Editor)
Hardcover
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The Cambridge Guide to Theater
by Martin Banham (Editor) New Edition
Hardcover
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The Cambridge History of American Theatre: Beginning to Post-Civil
War
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Don B. Wilmeth, Christopher Bigsby
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre
by Simon Trussler
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Canadian Drama and the Critics
by L. W. Conolly (Editor), D. A. Hadfield (Editor)
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Chekhov: Letters About the Theatre
by Carol Rocamora (Translator)
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by Philip Middleton Williams
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Companion to Theatre in Australia
by Philip Parsons (Editor), Victoria Chance (Editor)
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The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
by Peter Found (Editor), Phyllis Hartnoll
2nd Edition
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Contemporary American Playwrights
by C. W. E. Bigsby
Hardcover
In this study Christopher Bigsby explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American
playwrights: John Guare, Tina Howe, Tony Kushner, Emily Mann, Richard Nelson, Marsha
Norman, David Rabe, Paula Vogel, Wendy Wasserstein, and Lanford Wilson. He examines, in
some detail, the developing careers of some of America's most fascinating and original dramatic
talent. In addition to well-known works, Bigsby discusses some of the latest plays to reach the
stage.
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Dangerous Theatre: The Federal Theatre Project As a Forum for New Plays
by George Kazacoff
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Dramatists and Dramas
by Harold Bloom (Editor)
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Drama and Ideology in Modern Israel
by Glenda Abramson
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Many political plays have been written in Israel over the past fifty years, and they are perceived, by audiences and critics, as major interventions in political debate. In this first full-length study Glenda Abramson shows that Israeli drama has been at the center of public controversies on many topics, including the ethical basis of Zionism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the wars and the Holocaust. Hanokh Levin, Yehoshua Sobol, Yosef Mundi and Miriam Kainy are among the playwrights examining Zionism as it affects contemporary Israeli society.
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A Documentary History of the African Theatre
by George A. Thompson
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The Dramatists Sourcebook: Complete Opportunities for Playwrights, Translators, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists
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"The essential guide to professional opportunities and playscript procedures."-The Dramatists Guild
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Dumbocracy in America: Studies in the Theatre of Guilt, 1987-1994
by Robert Brustein
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Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim
by Geoffrey Holden Block
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The Encyclopedia of Stage Plays into Film
by John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh, John Staniunas (Editor)
Hardcover
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by Ted Chapin
Hardcover
In 1971, college student Ted Chapin was in the right place at the right time. As a production assistant, or gofer, he found himself front row center at the creation of one of the greatest of all Broadway musicals: Follies. And since (as part of a college assignment) he kept a journal of everything he saw and heard, he was able to document -- in unprecedented detail -- how a musical is actually made.
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by Jackson R. Bryer (Editor), Mary C. Hartig (Editor)
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The Fervent Years: The Group Theatre and the Thirties
by Harold Clurman
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The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, TV,
Video and DVD
by Jerry Roberts
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The Great American Playwrights on the Screen is a complete, up-to-date
record of movie and television productions of classic and contemporary works
of the great playwrights. Rich in historical value and detail, this
reference book not only tracks Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winners, but
also unearths unheralded treasures and forgotten performances by great
actors and the great directors they served.
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Harold Pinter's Politics: A Silence Beyond Echo
by Charles Grimes
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The History of Southern Drama
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Charles S. Watson
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History of the Theatre (10th Edition)
by Oscar G. Brockett & Franklin J. Hildy
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Known as the "bible" of theatre history, Brockett and Hildy's History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history in the market. This 40th Anniversary Edition retains all of the traditional features that have made History of the Theatre the most successful text of its kind including worldwide coverage, more than 530 photos and illustrations, useful maps, and the expertise of Oscar G. Brockett and Franklin J. Hildy, two of the most widely respected theatre historians in the field. This tenth edition continues to provide the most thorough and accurate assessment of theatre history available and includes contemporary milestones in theatre history.
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Hot Seat: Theater Criticism for the New York Times, 1980-
1993
by Frank Rich
Hardcover
They didn't call him "The Butcher of Broadway" for nothing.
With the stroke of a pen, longtime New York Times theater
critic Frank Rich could make or break a Broadway show. "Hot
Seat" is an encyclopedic collection of his writing, including
opening-night reviews of Broadway shows and reflections on
the careers of theatrical luminaries.
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Inside the Royal Court Theatre, 1956-1981: Artists Talk
by Gresdna A. Doty, Billy J. Harbin (Editor)
Hardcover
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In the House of Oshugbo: Critical Essays on Wole Soyinka
by Henry Louis, Jr. Gates (Editor)
Hardcover
Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the most
respected of the modern African playwrights. This collection of essays on
his plays, poetry and poetics brings together an international list of drama
critics including Richard Gilman, Eric Bentley and Robert Brustein, and such
literary figures as Raymond Williams, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed and Imamu
Baraka.
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by Aleks Sierz
Paperback
A definitive look at a brash and provocative genre of contemporary British theater. In the 1990s, British theater audiences were shocked to see blatant portrayals of physical and psychological violence, murder, rape, incest, adultery, drug abuse, and homosexuality onstage. These confrontational and aggressive plays, written by young, honest, and uncompromising playwrights, came to be known as in-yer-face theater. With their use of obscene language, nudity, and even the performance of actual sex acts onstage, the playwrights in this genre intended to force people to think about and question their own desires and impulses.
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The Joint Stock Book: The Making of a Theatre Collective (Methuen Theatrefile)
by Rob Ritchie (Editor)
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Millennial Stages: Essays and Reviews 2001-2005
by Robert Brustein
Hardcover
A major figure in the world of theater as critic, playwright, scholar, teacher, director, actor, and producer, Robert Brustein offers a unique perspective on the American stage and its artists. In this wise, witty, and wide-ranging collection of recent writings, Brustein examines crucial issues relating to theater in the post-9/11 years, analyzing specific plays, emerging and established performers, and theatrical production throughout the world. Brustein relates our theater to our society in a manner that reminds us why the performing arts matter.
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The Musical: A Concise History
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Kurt Ganzl
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Opening Nights: 25 Years of the Manhattan Theatre Club
by John W. Pereira
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by Laurin Porter
Hardcover
A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, an Emmy-winning television writer, and an Oscar-winning screenwriter of such notable films as To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies, the amazingly versatile Horton Foote has been a force on the American cultural scene for more than fifty years. By critical consensus, Foote's foremost achievement is the Orphans' Home Cycle-a course of nine independent yet interlocking plays that traces the transformation of a small-town southern orphan, Horace Robedaux, into a husband, father, and patriarch. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including interviews with Foote, Laurin Porter demonstrates why the author's masterpiece is a unique accomplishment not only in his personal oeurve but also in the canon of American drama.
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The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
by Gerald Bordman
Hardcover
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The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre
by L.W. Conolly (Editor), Eugene Benson
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The Oxford Companion to the Theatre
by Phyllis Hartnoll (Editor)
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The Oxford Dictionary Of Plays
by Michael Patterson
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre
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John Russell Brown
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The Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre
by John Russell Taylor
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The Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2006-May 2007: Third Annual Edition
by Robert Viagas (Editor)
Hardcover
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Playwrights of Color
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Meg Swanson, Robin Murray
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Plays Of Beth Henley: A Critical Study
by Gene A. Plunka
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Poetics, Politics And Protest in Arab Theatre: The Bitter Cup And the Holy Rain
by Mas'ud Hamdan
Hardcover
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Right Brain Vacation Photos: New Plays and Production Photographs
from the Omaha Magic Theatre 1972 - 1992
by Jo Ann Schmidman, Sora Kimberlain, Megan Terry
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She Also Wrote Plays: An International Guide to Women Playwrights from the 10th to the 21st Century
by Susan Croft
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Looking for plays by women to produce, perform, or read? She Also Wrote Plays is a comprehensive international guide to women playwrights and their work. In an attempt to make visible those who have often been obscured, the entries included herein provide biographical details on over four hundred writers, summaries of their major plays along with a list of other works, and a complete publication history, as well as an extensive, supplemental bibliography. The author, Susan Croft, includes writers whose work demonstrates the diversity and development of dramatic writing in English-speaking countries over the millennia. This diverse collection spans the tenth to the twenty-first centuries; the Americas to the Far East; and covers the works of well-known writers, such as Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman, alongside the lesser-known dramatic adaptations of Jane Austen and Harriet Beecher Stowe and hard-to-find manuscripts, such as the unpublished translations of leading Finnish playwright Hella Wuolijoki. An essential tool for playwrights, performers, producers, and students, She Also Wrote Plays is for anyone interested in the cultural legacy of women in the theatrical world.
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Stage Writers Handbook: A Complete Business Guide for Playwrights,
Composers, Lyricists and Librettists
by Dana Singer
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State of the Nation
by Michael Billington
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Theatre Directory 2007-2008
by Theatre Communications Group
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Theatre Profiles 12: The Illustrated Reference Guide to America's
Nonprofit Professional Theatre
by Steven Samuels (Editor)
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Understanding Lillian Hellman (Understanding Series)
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Alice Griffin, Geraldine Thorsten
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Unleashing Britain: Theatre Gets Real, 1955-64
by Jim Fowler
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Re-creating this era of constant flux, author Jim Fowler draws on the London Theatre Museum's rich archive, celebrating a generation that reshaped British culture, including Harold Pinter, Peter Hall, Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, and Dudley Moore. The result is a telling portrait of a key period in modern theater, the influence of which can still be felt around the world.
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Video Versions: A Guide to Plays Available on Video
by Thomas L. Erskine (Editor), et al
Hardcover
Many of our favorite films began as plays -- some as well known as Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet, and some not so well known as You've Got Mail's origin, a 1937 play Parfumerie by Miklos
Laszlo. Video Versions identifies nearly 300 films and their theatrical origins, providing readers with
an overview of the films and highlighting similarities and differences to the source plays. Perfect for
teachers, students, and anyone interested in theater and film, it is the most complete resource
available for video versions of plays.
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Wendy Wasserstein: Dramatizing Women, Their Choices And Their Boundaries
by Gail Ciociola
Paperback
Although Wasserstein calls herself a humanist, her works reflect a political rhetoric, if cloaked in humor, that she herself could not imagine to be anything but feminist. Shaped by literal, cultural, and materialistic feminist theory, Wasserstein illustrates the impact of the women's movement on the lives of her female characters. The five major works, with their near-sequel effect, let us see her characters' college years, mid-twenties, mid-thirties and middle age. Through the use of a newly devised critical context called fem-en(act)ment, or textual or performance drama that is guided by feminist disposition thematically and stylistically, the author here allows for a fresh reading of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
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Women's Theatre Writing in Victorian Britain
by Katherine Newey
Hardcover
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The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe (Vol. 1)
by Don Rubin (Editor)
Hardcover
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The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Americas (Vol 2)
by Don Rubin
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