LEADER 03180nam 22006252 450 001 9910780243503321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-11799-2 010 $a0-511-00950-X 010 $a1-280-15893-X 010 $a0-511-11795-7 010 $a0-511-15085-7 010 $a0-511-32474-X 010 $a0-511-60577-3 010 $a0-511-04864-5 035 $a(CKB)111087027186782 035 $a(EBL)201650 035 $a(OCoLC)437063139 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129587 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144892 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129587 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080451 035 $a(PQKB)10047446 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511605772 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201650 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201650 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10019080 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15893 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027186782 100 $a20141103d1999|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aContemporary American playwrights /$fChristopher Bigsby$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 440 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-66807-7 311 $a0-521-66108-0 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aChristopher 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. 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTheater$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 676 $a812/.5409 700 $aBigsby$b C. W. E.$0152112 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780243503321 996 $aContemporary American playwrights$91004932 997 $aUNINA