03180nam 22006252 450 991078024350332120151005020622.01-107-11799-20-511-00950-X1-280-15893-X0-511-11795-70-511-15085-70-511-32474-X0-511-60577-30-511-04864-5(CKB)111087027186782(EBL)201650(OCoLC)437063139(SSID)ssj0000129587(PQKBManifestationID)11144892(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129587(PQKBWorkID)10080451(PQKB)10047446(UkCbUP)CR9780511605772(MiAaPQ)EBC201650(Au-PeEL)EBL201650(CaPaEBR)ebr10019080(CaONFJC)MIL15893(EXLCZ)9911108702718678220141103d1999|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierContemporary American playwrights /Christopher Bigsby[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,1999.1 online resource (ix, 440 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-66807-7 0-521-66108-0 Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 John Guare; CHAPTER 2 Tina Howe; CHAPTER 3 Tony Kushner; CHAPTER 4 Emily Mann; CHAPTER 5 Richard Nelson; CHAPTER 6 Marsha Norman; CHAPTER 7 David Rabe; CHAPTER 8 Paula Vogel; CHAPTER 9 Wendy Wasserstein; CHAPTER 10 Lanford Wilson; IndexChristopher Bigsby explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights: John Guare (House of Blue Leaves), Tina Howe (Museum and Approaching Zanzibar), Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winner Tony Kushner (Angels in America), Emily Mann (Anulla: An Autobiography and Having Our Say), Richard Nelson (An American Comedy), Marsha Norman (The Secret Garden), David Rabe (In the Boom Boom Room), Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel (Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief), Wendy Wasserstein (The Sisters Rosenzweig), and Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson (Talley's Folly). Bigsby 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. This lively and accessible book, by one of the leading writers on American theatre, will be of interest to students, scholars and general theatre-goers alike.American drama20th centuryHistory and criticismTheaterUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmerican dramaHistory and criticism.TheaterHistory812/.5409Bigsby C. W. E.152112UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910780243503321Contemporary American playwrights1004932UNINA