Introduction to Modern One-act Plays

Introduction to Modern One-act Plays

Author: Marsh Cassady

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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The one-act play occupies a special niche in the history of modern theatre, attracting major talents like Eugene O'Neill and Susan Glaspell, Terence Rattigan, James M. Barrie, and J. M. Synge, Dorothy Parker and George S. Kaufman. In this collection, 'An Introduction to Modern One-Act Plays, ' Marshall Cassady, veteran writer and teacher, has assembled seventeen complete one-acters by these and other famous writers.


Random Acts of Comedy

Random Acts of Comedy

Author: Jason Pizzarello

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780981909974

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Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating debacle to a silly Shakespeare spoof, from a fairy tale farce to a self-hating satire, this anthology contains hilarious large-cast plays that have delighted thousands of audiences around the world. Includes the plays The Audition by Don Zolidis, Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit by Jonathan Rand, 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview by Ian McWethy, Darcy's Cinematic Life by Christa Crewdson, The Whole Shebang by Rich Orloff, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Fifth Period by Jason Pizzarello, Small World by Tracey Scott Wilson, The Absolute Most Cliched Elevator Play in the History of the Entire Universe by Werner Trieschmann, The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet by Peter Bloedel, Show and Spell by Julia Brownell, Cut by Ed Monk, Check Please by Jonathan Rand, Aliens vs. Cheerleaders by Qui Nguyen, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon by Don Zolidis, 15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play by Alan Haehnel


Five One-act Plays

Five One-act Plays

Author: Alan Ball

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780822213680

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THE STORIES: The perfect young woman and her perfect young boyfriend in MADE FOR A WOMAN are perfect examples of the image conscious society in which we live. She has everything and he does too, and they have each other. All is fine until she feels


Seven One-act Plays

Seven One-act Plays

Author: Wendy Wasserstein

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780822217053

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THE STORIES: In BETTE AND ME, the author and the legendary Bette Midler get their hair done, try on makeup, and row a boat on the Hudson River. They finally end up at Radio City Music Hall, where Wendy rises from the orchestra pit on a half-shell w


Twelve Classic One-Act Plays

Twelve Classic One-Act Plays

Author: Mary Carolyn Waldrep

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-12

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0486112527

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This collection of royalty-free plays contains classics by well-known playwrights: Glaspell's Trifles, Synge's Riders to the Sea, Strindberg's The Stronger, plus works by Aristophanes, Chekhov, Yeats, Barrie, and others.


Fifteen One-Act Plays

Fifteen One-Act Plays

Author: Sam Shepard

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2012-08-14

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0345802764

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Filled with wry, dark humor, unparalleled imagination, unforgettable characters, and exquisitely crafted storytelling, Sam Shepard’s plays have earned him enormous acclaim over the past five decades. In these fifteen one-acts, we see him at his best, displaying his trademark ability to portray human relationships, love, and lust with rare authenticity. These fifteen furiously energetic plays confirm Shepard's status as our most audacious living playwright, unafraid to set genres and archetypes spinning with results that are utterly mesmerizing. Included in this volume: Ages of the Moon Evanescence; Shakespeare in the Alley Short Life of Trouble The Unseen Hand The Rock Garden Chicago Icarus’s Mother 4H Club Fourteen Hundred Thousand Red Cross Cowboys #2 Forensic & The Navigators The Holy Ghostly Back Bog Beast Bait Killer’s Head


The One-Act Play Companion

The One-Act Play Companion

Author: Colin Dolley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-01-05

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1474213898

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The one-act play stands apart as a distinct art form with some well known writers providing specialist material, among them Bernard Shaw, Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill. Alan Ayckbourn, Edward Albee and Tennesee Williams. There are also lesser-known writers with plenty of material to offer, yet sourcing one-act plays to perform is notoriously hard. This companion is the first book to survey the work of over 250 playwrights in an illuminating A-Z guide. Multiple styles, nationalities and periods are covered, offering a treasure trove of compelling moments of theatre waiting to be discovered. Guidance on performing and staging one-act plays is also covered as well as essential contact information and where to apply for performance rights. A chapter introducing the history of the one-act play rounds off the title as a definitive guide.


Acting Out

Acting Out

Author: Avi

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-06-17

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1416938486

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Six one-act plays by six Newbery Medal-winning authors.