The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights (Guides to Contemporary Drama)

By: Tom Adler and Scott T. Cummings and Jochen Achilles and Ken Urban and Klaus Benesch and Russell Vandenbroucke and James Fisher and Jill S. Dolan and Christopher Innes and Toby Zinman and Susan Abbotson and Annalisa Brugnoli and Ilka Saal and Aurélia Sanchez and Deborah Geis and Annette J. Saddik and Jorge Huerta and Joanna Mansbridge and Pia Wiegmink and Frazer Lively and Sandra G. Shannon and Birgit Daewes and Peter Paul Schnierer and Martin Middeke and Katherine Weiss and Kerstin Schmidt and Matthew C. Roudané

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Synopsis: The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights is an authoritative single-volume guide to the work of twenty-five American playwrights from the second half of the twentieth century, written by a team of twenty-five eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany and Ireland contributing individual studies to the work of each playwright. Each of the twenty-five chapters provides: a biographical introduction to the playwright and their work; a survey and concise analysis of each of the writer's published plays; a discussion of their style, dramaturgical concerns and the critical reception; and a full bibliography of published plays, listing of premieres and a select list of critical works.Among the many Tony, Obie and Pulitzer prize-winning playwrights included are Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, August Wilson, Paula Vogel, Tracey Letts and Neil LaBute, besides many more. Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, this collection surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781408134818
Related ISBNs:: 9781408134795
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Addition:: 11/02/19
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Martin Middeke
Edited by:: Peter Paul Schnierer
Edited by:: Christopher Innes
Edited by:: Matthew C. Roudané