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Author: Christopher Durang
Publisher: Smith & Kraus
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 446
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains seven full-length plays written by Christopher Durang in the years between 1975 and 1995, each including an introduction by the award-winning playwright.
Author: Christopher Durang
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 456
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Fisher
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 1003
ISBN-13: 0810879506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom legends like Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller to successful present-day playwrights like Neil LaBute, Tony Kushner, and David Mamet, some of the most important names in the history of theater are from the past 80 years. Contemporary American theater has produced some of the most memorable, beloved, and important plays in history, including Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Barefoot in the Park, Our Town, The Crucible, A Raisin in the Sun, and The Odd Couple. Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater presents the plays and personages, movements and institutions, and cultural developments of the American stage from 1930 to 2010, a period of vast and almost continuous change. It covers the ever-changing history of the American theater with emphasis on major movements, persons, plays, and events. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 1,500 cross-referenced dictionary entries. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of American theater.
Author: Lanford Wilson
Publisher: Smith & Kraus
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jackson R. Bryer
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Published: 2015-04-22
Total Pages: 2466
ISBN-13: 1438140762
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the early days of the nation to American classics such as Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Thornton Wilder's Our Town to the groundbreaking works of today's best writers.
Author: Daniel N. Joudrey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2015-09-29
Total Pages: 1076
ISBN-13: 1440837457
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new edition of this best-selling textbook reintroduces the topic of library cataloging from a fresh, modern perspective. Not many books merit an eleventh edition, but this popular text does. Newly updated, Introduction to Cataloging and Classification provides an introduction to descriptive cataloging based on contemporary standards, explaining the basic tenets to readers without previous experience, as well as to those who merely want a better understanding of the process as it exists today. The text opens with the foundations of cataloging, then moves to specific details and subject matter such as Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), the International Cataloging Principles (ICP), and RDA. Unlike other texts, the book doesn't presume a close familiarity with the MARC bibliographic or authorities formats; ALA's Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Edition, revised (AACR2R); or the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD). Subject access to library materials is covered in sufficient depth to make the reader comfortable with the principles and practices of subject cataloging and classification. In addition, the book introduces MARC, BIBFRAME, and other approaches used to communicate and display bibliographic data. Discussions of formatting, presentation, and administrative issues complete the book; questions useful for review and study appear at the end of each chapter.
Author: Horton Foote
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Derek Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001-12-01
Total Pages: 2950
ISBN-13: 1136798641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Emmanuel S. Nelson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2003-06-30
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 0313017093
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGay presence is nothing new to American verse and theater. Homoerotic themes are discernible in American poetry as early as the 19th century, and identifiably gay characters appeared on the American stage more than 70 years ago. But aside from a few notable exceptions, gay artists of earlier generations felt compelled to avoid sexual candor in their writings. Conversely, most contemporary gay poets and playwrights are free from such constraints and have created a remarkable body of work. This reference is a guide to their creative achievements. Alphabetically arranged entries present 62 contemporary gay American poets and dramatists. While the majority of included writers are younger artists who came of age in the post-Stonewall U.S., some are older authors whose work has continued or persisted into recent decades. A number of these writers are well known, including Edward Albee, Harvey Fierstein, and Allen Ginsberg. Others, such as Alan Bowne, Timothy Liu, and Robert O'Hara, merit wider recognition. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the author's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies.
Author: Drewey Wayne Gunn
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2017-06-02
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1476670196
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrevious surveys of the gay theatrical repertoire have concentrated on plays produced on Broadway or in London's West End. This comprehensive guide goes well beyond these earlier studies by introducing productions from Off Broadway, from regional theaters in the U.S. and U.K., and from Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Also included are Puerto Rican, Indian and Filipino plays written in English, as well as translations from other languages. Well over half of the works discussed here appear for the first time in such a study.
