The Best One-act Plays of 1936
Author : Best One-Act Plays ...
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File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 1937
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Author : Best One-Act Plays ...
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Page : pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 1937
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 1937
Category : English drama
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Author : James William Marriott
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Page : pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 1937
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Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 48,93 MB
Release : 1996-12-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0313032653
From 1880 to 1956, when John Osborne transformed the British theater world with Look Back in Anger, British playwrights made numerous lasting contributions and provided a foundation for the innovations of dramatists during the latter half of the 20th century. This reference profiles the life and work of some 40 British playwrights active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of whom are also known for their work as novelists and poets. Included are figures such as W. H. Auden, Max Beerbohm, Noel Coward, T. S. Eliot, John Galsworthy, Graham Greene, D. H. Lawrence, W. Somerset Maugham, George Bernard Shaw, and Oscar Wilde. Each entry provides a biographical overview; a list of major plays and summaries of their critical reception; a list of minor plays, adaptations, and productions; an assessment of the playwright's career; and archival and bibliographical information. Included in this reference book are alphabetically arranged entries for some 40 British playwrights active from 1880 through 1956. Entries are written by expert contributors, with each entry providing a biographical overview; a list of major plays, premieres, and significant revivals, along with a summary of the critical reception of these works; a listing of additional plays, adaptations, and productions; an assessment of the playwright's career and contributions, with reference to published evaluations in magazines, journals, dissertations, and books; a listing of locations housing unpublished archival material, if available; a selected bibliography of the dramatist's published plays and of essays and articles by the playwright on aspects of the theater; a selected bibliography of secondary sources; and, when available, a listing of previously published bibliographies on the playwright.
Author : William Armstrong
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Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,79 MB
Release : 1936
Category : English drama
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Author : William Armstrong
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Page : pages
File Size : 14,23 MB
Release : 1936
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Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 1939
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Author : Tennessee Williams
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 19,58 MB
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0811225712
A wonderful collection of never-before-collected one-acts: “The peak of my virtuosity was in the one- act plays. Some of which are like firecrackers in a rope” (Tennessee Williams). Here are portraits of American life during the Great Depression and after, populated by a hopelessly hopeful chorus girl, a munitions manufacturer ensnared in a love triangle, a rural family that deals “justice” on its children, an overconfident mob dandy, a poor couple who quarrel to vanquish despair, a young “spinster” enthralled by the impulse of rebellion, and, in “The Magic Tower,” a passionate artist and his wife whose youth and optimism are not enough to protect their “dream marriage.” This new volume gathers some of Williams’s most exuberant early work and includes one-acts that he would later expand to powerful full-length dramas: “The Pretty Trap,” a cheerful take on The Glass Menagerie, and “Interior: Panic,” a stunning precursor to A Streetcar Named Desire. The plays include: • At Liberty • The Magic Tower • Me, Vashya • Curtains for the Gentleman • In Our Profession • Every Twenty Minutes • Honor the Living • The Case of the Crushed Petunias • Moony’s Kid Don’t Cry • The Dark Room • The Pretty Trap • Interior: Panic • Kingdom of Earth • I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark on Sundays • Some Problems for The Moose Lodge
Author : Simon Trussler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 46,49 MB
Release : 1983-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 134917064X
A compendium of information on all the main events, individuals, political groupings and issues of the 20th century. It provides a guide to current thinking on important historical topics and personalities within the period, and offers a guide to further reading.
Author : Toby Gordon Ryan Collection
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File Size : 49,95 MB
Release : 1936
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