Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,70 MB
Release : 1984-11-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521277174
Dr Bigsby analyses the early unpublished plays and the major works of Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee.
Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 21,79 MB
Release : 1984-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521277174
This is the second volume in Christopher Bigsby's critical history of the important American dramatists and theatrical movements in the twentieth-century. Volume 1 brought the story to 1940 and included the last plays of O'Neill. In two further volumes Dr Bigsby covers the period from 1940 onwards. In Volume 2 he steps aside from the strict chronological progression to consider at length and in detail the achievement of the three great playwrights who dominate the post-war scene and who have earned an international reputation: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee. All three brought to the Broadway Theatre (discussed separately in Volume 3) a strong degree of moral seriousness and aesthetic sensitivity. Dr Bigsby gives a full account of the early unpublished plays and the major works by each playwright, drawing on biographical detail and political background to illuminate his reading of the plays, which are illustrated by photographs of important productions.
Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,63 MB
Release : 1982
Category : American drama
ISBN :
Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 1985-05-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521278966
The final volume of Christopher Bigsby's critical account of American drama in the twentieth century.
Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 29,23 MB
Release : 1982-07-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521271165
Eugene O'Neill - Clifford Odets - Left-wing theatre - Black drama - Thornton Wilder - Lillian Hellman - Luigi Pirandello - Arthur Miller.
Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,57 MB
Release : 1984-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521258111
This is the second volume in Christopher Bigsby's critical history of the important American dramatists and theatrical movements in the twentieth-century. Volume 1 brought the story to 1940 and included the last plays of O'Neill. In two further volumes Dr Bigsby covers the period from 1940 onwards. In Volume 2 he steps aside from the strict chronological progression to consider at length and in detail the achievement of the three great playwrights who dominate the post-war scene and who have earned an international reputation: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee. All three brought to the Broadway Theatre (discussed separately in Volume 3) a strong degree of moral seriousness and aesthetic sensitivity. Dr Bigsby gives a full account of the early unpublished plays and the major works by each playwright, drawing on biographical detail and political background to illuminate his reading of the plays, which are illustrated by photographs of important productions.
Author : Mark Hawkins-Dady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 10,41 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135314179
Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.
Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 2000-12-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521794107
New edition of Modern American Drama completes the survey and comes up to 2000.
Author : Matthew Roudané
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 11,27 MB
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521898293
Edward Albee (1928-2016) was a central figure in modern American theatre, and his bold and often experimental theatrical style won him wide acclaim. This book explores the issues, public and private, that so influenced Albee's vision over five decades, from his first great success, The Zoo Story (1959), to his last play, Me, Myself, & I (2008). Matthew Roudan covers all of Albee's original works in this comprehensive, clearly structured, and up-to-date study of the playwright's life and career: in Part I, the volume explores Albee's background and the historical contexts of his work; Part II concentrates on twenty-four of his plays, including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962); and Part III investigates his critical reception. Surveying Albee's relationship with Broadway, and including interviews conducted with Albee himself, this book will be of great importance for theatregoers and students seeking an accessible yet incisive introduction to this extraordinary American playwright.
Author : Edward Albee
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 28,71 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780878053421
The influential American playwright discusses his work, the nature of art, the role of the unconscious, American culture, and the theater.
