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Contemporary American Playwrights

By Christopher Bigsby

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1999
ISBN
9780511009501, 9780521661089, 0521661080, 0521668077
LCC
PS352 .B54 1999
Open Library ID
OL387438M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1853603 bytes)
Pages
452\452
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-01-11 02:35:34

Description

The playwrights covered in this study have among them won most of the available awards and experienced considerable success in the theater. They have not, however, found their way so easily into the academic canon. Christopher Bigsby examines, in some detail, the developing careers of some of America's most fascinating and original dramatic talent: John Guare, Tina Howe, Tony Kushner, Emily Mann, Richard Nelson, Marsha Norman, David Rabe, Paula Vogel, Wendy Wasserstein, and Lanford Wilson. In addition to the well-known works, Bigsby discusses some of their latest plays to reach the stage. This lively and accessible book will be of interest to students, scholars and general theatergoers alike.

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