LEADER 03955oam 22005414a 450 001 9910782408503321 005 20230803215938.0 010 $a0-8166-6131-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000689983 035 $a(EBL)345541 035 $a(OCoLC)476162311 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000222704 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11175783 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222704 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10174354 035 $a(PQKB)10073297 035 $a(OCoLC)899266543 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39585 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC345541 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000689983 100 $a20140811e20141973 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPlaywrights for Tomorrow$eA Collection of Plays, Volume 11 /$hVolume 11 $b[electronic resource] $fedited, with an introduction, by Arthur H. Ballet 210 $aMinneapolis [Minnesota]$cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d[1973] 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 225 1 $aPlaywrights for Tomorrow, v.11 ;$vv.11 300 $aA project of the Office for Advanced Drama Research of the University of Minnesota. 311 $a0-8166-0697-8 311 $a0-8166-0695-1 327 $aIntroduction / by Arthur H. Ballet -- Boxes / by Susan Yankowitz -- Canvas / by David Roszkowski -- Bierce takes on the railroad! / by Philip A. Bosakowski -- Chamber piece / by John O'Keefe. 330 $aPlaywrights for Tomorrow was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This volume presents four plays by writers who have worked under the program of the Office for Advanced Drama Research (O.A.D.R.) at the University of Minnesota, an experimental project which provides promising playwrights with the opportunity of working with cooperating theatres in the production of their plays. Arthur H. Ballet, the editor, is director of the O.A.D.R. The plays in this volume and the theatres which cooperated in their production are Boxes by Susan Yankowitz, Magic Theatre, Berkeley, California; Canvas by David Roszkowski, Scorpio Rising Theatre, Los Angeles; Bierce Takes on the Railroad! by Philip A. Bosakowski, Theatre III, College of Marin, Kentfield, California; and Chamber Piece by John O'Keefe, Magic Theatre, Berkeley, California. In an introduction Professor Ballet discussed the program and accomplishments of the O. A.D.R., which was established with the aid of a Rockefeller Foundation grant. He writes: "It seemed obvious that no artist worked in more lonely isolation and needed more direct contact with the theatre than the playwright. Despite loud pronouncements . . . that theatres outside of New York were searching for new plays and writers, the evidence indicates that very few theatres really wanted to work with unknown but living playwrights. The O.A.D.R., in its small way, has tried to open a highway . . . between new, often untried writers and willing, even brave theatres. As Speech and Drama (England) pointed out in a review of earlier volumes of the Playwrights for Tomorrow series: "Schemes like this one at Minnesota deserve the highest praise. On the evidence of these volumes, the executive committee which operates this venture is not attempting to impose any single imprint on its authors--a further example of the generosity of the patronage." 410 0$aPlaywrights for Tomorrow, v.11 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century 615 0$aAmerican drama 676 $a812.5408 676 $a812/.5/408 702 $aBallet$b Arthur H. 712 02$aUniversity of Minnesota.$bOffice for Advanced Drama Research, 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782408503321 996 $aPlaywrights for Tomorrow$93752277 997 $aUNINA