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Author: C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1984-11-15
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780521277174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDr Bigsby analyses the early unpublished plays and the major works of Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee.
Author: C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1984-11-15
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780521277174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the second volume in Christopher Bigsby's critical history of the important American dramatists and theatrical movements in the twentieth-century. Volume 1 brought the story to 1940 and included the last plays of O'Neill. In two further volumes Dr Bigsby covers the period from 1940 onwards. In Volume 2 he steps aside from the strict chronological progression to consider at length and in detail the achievement of the three great playwrights who dominate the post-war scene and who have earned an international reputation: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee. All three brought to the Broadway Theatre (discussed separately in Volume 3) a strong degree of moral seriousness and aesthetic sensitivity. Dr Bigsby gives a full account of the early unpublished plays and the major works by each playwright, drawing on biographical detail and political background to illuminate his reading of the plays, which are illustrated by photographs of important productions.
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Published: 1982
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1985-05-02
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780521278966
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe final volume of Christopher Bigsby's critical account of American drama in the twentieth century.
Author: C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1982-07-29
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780521271165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEugene O'Neill - Clifford Odets - Left-wing theatre - Black drama - Thornton Wilder - Lillian Hellman - Luigi Pirandello - Arthur Miller.
Author: Mark Hawkins-Dady
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 1024
ISBN-13: 1135314179
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.
Author: C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1984-11-15
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780521258111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the second volume in Christopher Bigsby's critical history of the important American dramatists and theatrical movements in the twentieth-century. Volume 1 brought the story to 1940 and included the last plays of O'Neill. In two further volumes Dr Bigsby covers the period from 1940 onwards. In Volume 2 he steps aside from the strict chronological progression to consider at length and in detail the achievement of the three great playwrights who dominate the post-war scene and who have earned an international reputation: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee. All three brought to the Broadway Theatre (discussed separately in Volume 3) a strong degree of moral seriousness and aesthetic sensitivity. Dr Bigsby gives a full account of the early unpublished plays and the major works by each playwright, drawing on biographical detail and political background to illuminate his reading of the plays, which are illustrated by photographs of important productions.
Author: C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-12-21
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780521794107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew edition of Modern American Drama completes the survey and comes up to 2000.
Author: Christopher Bigsby
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-12-12
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1350127566
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Many of the American playwrights who dominated the 20th century are no longer with us: Edward Albee, Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Neil Simon, August Wilson and Wendy Wasserstein. A new generation, whose careers began in this century, has emerged, and done so when the theatre itself, along with the society with which it engages, was changing. Capturing the cultural shifts of 21st-century America, Staging America explores the lives and works of 8 award-winning playwrights – including Ayad Akhtar, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Young Jean Lee and Quiara Alllegría Hudes – whose backgrounds reflect the social, religious, sexual and national diversity of American society. Each chapter is devoted to a single playwright and provides an overview of their career, a description and critical evaluation of their work, as well as a sense of their reception. Drawing on primary sources, including the playwrights' own commentaries and notes, and contemporary reviews, Christopher Bigsby enters into a dialogue with plays which are as various as the individuals who generated them. An essential read for theatre scholars and students, Staging America is a sharp and landmark study of the contemporary American playwright.
Author: Matthew Roudané
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-08-17
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 0521898293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEdward Albee (1928-2016) was a central figure in modern American theatre, and his bold and often experimental theatrical style won him wide acclaim. This book explores the issues, public and private, that so influenced Albee's vision over five decades, from his first great success, The Zoo Story (1959), to his last play, Me, Myself, & I (2008). Matthew Roudan covers all of Albee's original works in this comprehensive, clearly structured, and up-to-date study of the playwright's life and career: in Part I, the volume explores Albee's background and the historical contexts of his work; Part II concentrates on twenty-four of his plays, including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962); and Part III investigates his critical reception. Surveying Albee's relationship with Broadway, and including interviews conducted with Albee himself, this book will be of great importance for theatregoers and students seeking an accessible yet incisive introduction to this extraordinary American playwright.
