The House of Ramón Iglesia

The House of Ramón Iglesia

Author: José Rivera

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9780573619045

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"It's a play about a bright, Americanized son's tortured efforts to break away from his immigrant parents, a break that can't be made until the assimilated hero learns to accept the ethnic heritage that he has spent his life trying to suppress." -- New York Times review


Staging Place

Staging Place

Author: Una Chaudhuri

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780472065899

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The first book-length study of the notion of place and its implications in modern drama


José, Can You See?

José, Can You See?

Author: Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780299162047

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"Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez is among the most interesting and original minds at work in performance studies and American studies. José, Can You See? is a landmark achievement, an important contribution to 20th century American cultural history. Quite simply, there is no other critic of Latino popular culture who speaks with so much wisdom and wit, so much eloquence and expertise."--David Roman, University of Southern California


Duo!: The Best Scenes for Mature Actors

Duo!: The Best Scenes for Mature Actors

Author: Stephen Fife

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2015-08-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1480397172

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(Applause Acting Series). This foray into the deeply serious and deeply funny (sometimes at the same time) world of life after 40 focuses primarily on scenes that depict the struggles of contemporary characters to come to terms with disappointment and obsolescence or to redeem their lives from the mistakes or miscalculations of their youth. It draws heavily on American classics like Long Day's Journey into Night , Death of a Salesman , The Price , Glengarry Glen Ross , Fences , and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , as well as more recent classics-in-the-making like August: Osage County , Good People , and God of Carnage . There is also ample representation from British playwrights like Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Simon Gray, and Peter Nichols, whose work also explores this territory of growing older in a society obsessed by youth and novelty.


The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, Updated and Expanded Edition

The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, Updated and Expanded Edition

Author: Ed Hooks

Publisher: Back Stage Books

Published: 2007-10-16

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0823099490

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All actors and acting teachers need The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, the invaluable guide to finding just the right piece for every audition. This remarkable book describes the characters, action, and mood for more than 1,000 scenes in over 300 plays. This unique format is ideal for acting teachers who want their students to understand each monologue in context. Using these guidelines, the actor can quickly pinpoint the perfect monologue, then find the text in the Samuel French or Dramatist Play Service edition of the play. Newly revised and expanded, the book also includes the author’s own assessment of each monologue.


To Have or Have Not

To Have or Have Not

Author: James Fisher

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2011-10-14

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 078648683X

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In a rapidly changing world, the ways in which economic forces affect both personal and global change can be difficult to track, particularly in the arts. This collection of twenty new essays explores both obscure and famous plays dealing with economic issues. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, the text moves from Marx's theories to Wall Street speculation, nineteenth century immigration issues, the excesses of the Gilded Age and the 1920s, the Great Depression, World War II and millennial economic challenges.


The House of Blue Leaves

The House of Blue Leaves

Author: John Guare

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780573610288

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Artie Shaugnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory. Toiling by day as a zoo-keeper, he suffers in seedy lounges by night, plying his wares at piano bars in Queens, New York where he lives with his wife, Bananas. Who is. Much to the chagrin of Artie's downstairs mistress, Bunny Flingus who'll sleep with him anytime but refuses to cook until they are married. On the day the Pope is making his first visit to the city, Artie's son Ronny goes AWOL from Fort Dix stowing a home made-bomb intended to blow up the Pope in Yankee Stadium. Also arriving are Artie's old school chum, now a successful Hollywood producer, Billy Einhorn with starlet girlfriend in tow, who holds the key to Artie's dreams of getting out of Queens and away from the life he so despises. But like many dreams, this promise of glory evaporates amid the chaos of ordinary lives.


My Sister in this House

My Sister in this House

Author: Wendy Ann Kesselman

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9780573618727

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When two emotionally abused servant-sisters respond to their pent-up hostilities, brutal murder of their mistress is the result. Based on a historical incident in Le Mans, France in 1933.