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Book The Drama of Fallen France

Download or read book The Drama of Fallen France written by Kenneth Krauss and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Drama of Fallen France examines various dramatic works written and/or produced in Paris during the four years of Nazi occupation and explains what they may have meant to their original audiences. Because of widespread financial support from the new French government at Vichy, the former French capital underwent a renaissance of theatre during this period, and both the public playhouses and the private theatres provided an amazing array of new productions and revivals. Some of the plays considered here are well known: Anouilh's Antigone, Sartre's The Flies, Claudel's The Satin Slipper. Others have remained obscure, such as Cocteau's The Typewriter, Giraudoux's The Apollo of Marsac, and Montherlant's Nobody's Son; and two—André Obey's Eight Hundred Meters and Simone Jollivet's The Princess of Ursins—have remained virtually unread since the early 1940s. In examining French culture under the Vichy regime and the Nazis, Kenneth Krauss links the politics of gender and sexuality with the more traditional political concepts of collaboration and resistance. A final chapter on Truffaut's 1980 film, The Last Métro, demonstrates how the present manages to rewrite and revision the complex and seemingly contradictory reality of the past.

Book Paris is Out

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Seff
  • Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN : 9780573613715
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Paris is Out written by Richard Seff and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1969 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Apollo of Bellac

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  • Author : Jean Giraudoux
  • Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
  • Release : 1982
  • ISBN : 9780573620171
  • Pages : 42 pages

Download or read book The Apollo of Bellac written by Jean Giraudoux and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1982 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the quintessence of Giraudoux's extraordinary imagination and style. A shy girl applying for a job at the Office of Inventions learns from a nondescript man that she can have her way with any man if she declares that he is as handsome as the nonexistent statue of the Apollo of Bellac. The play is alive with wry and trenchant observations on the comical attitudes and truths that men assume in life.

Book Ottemiller s Index to Plays in Collections

Download or read book Ottemiller s Index to Plays in Collections written by Denise L. Montgomery and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing the largest expansion between editions, this updated volume of Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections is the standard location tool for full-length plays published in collections and anthologies in England and the United States throughout the 20th century and beyond. This new volume lists more than 3,500 new plays and 2,000 new authors, as well as birth and/or death information for hundreds of authors.

Book The Flattering Word

    Book Details:
  • Author : George Kelly
  • Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
  • Release : 1952
  • ISBN : 9780573621727
  • Pages : 66 pages

Download or read book The Flattering Word written by George Kelly and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1952 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book XPath and XPointer

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Simpson
  • Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
  • Release : 2002-07-31
  • ISBN : 0596552106
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book XPath and XPointer written by John Simpson and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Referring to specific information inside an XML document is a little like finding a needle in a haystack: how do you differentiate the information you need from everything else? XPath and XPointer are two closely related languages that play a key role in XML processing by allowing developers to find these needles and manipulate embedded information. XPath describes a route for finding specific items by defining a path through the hierarchy of an XML document, abstracting only the information that's relevant for identifying the data. XPointer extends XPath to identify more complex parts of documents. The two technologies are critical for developers seeking needles in haystacks in various types of processing.XPath and XPointer fills an essential need for XML developers by focusing directly on a critical topic that has been covered only briefly. Written by John Simpson, an author with considerable XML experience, the book offers practical knowledge of the two languages that underpin XML, XSLT and XLink. XPath and XPointer cuts through basic theory and provides real-world examples that you can use right away.Written for XML and XSLT developers and anyone else who needs to address information in XML documents, the book assumes a working knowledge of XML and XSLT. It begins with an introduction to XPath basics. You'll learn about location steps and paths, XPath functions and numeric operators. Once you've covered XPath in depth, you'll move on to XPointer--its background, syntax, and forms of addressing. By the time you've finished the book, you'll know how to construct a full XPointer (one that uses an XPath location path to address document content) and completely understand both the XPath and XPointer features it uses.XPath and XPointer contains material on the forthcoming XPath 2.0 spec and EXSLT extensions, as well as versions 1.0 of both XPath and XPointer. A succinct but thorough hands-on guide, no other book on the market provides comprehensive information on these two key XML technologies in one place.

Book Classical Mythology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark P. O. Morford
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780195143386
  • Pages : 742 pages

Download or read book Classical Mythology written by Mark P. O. Morford and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical Mythology, Sixth Edition, continues to build on its best-selling tradition of focusing on the literary tradition of Greek and Roman mythology through extensive translations of original mythological sources. Its coverage of comparative and interpretative approaches as well as evidencefrom art and archeology is expanded in this edition. Morford and Lenardon's insightful and accessible discussion of classical myths in their historical and cultural settings, as well as their survival in literature, art, music, and film, remains unparalleled: This comprehensive introduction toclassical mythology features new translations, expanded critical coverage, an expanded art program, and a new web site.

Book The Gods of Greece

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington
  • Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 9780871135544
  • Pages : 152 pages

Download or read book The Gods of Greece written by Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text was originally published with other illustrations in 1983 by Harry N. Abrams Inc. Here it is repackaged with reproductions of over 65 paintings by Francoise Gilot (the paintings were created independently--not expressly for the book). Neither the text nor the artwork are conventional explications of how the gods were understood by the Greeks, but rather, both writer and artist offer personal interpretations of each god's character, power, and meaning. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book The Gift and the Giving

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  • Author : Tim Kelly
  • Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
  • Release : 1973
  • ISBN : 9780573621833
  • Pages : 28 pages

Download or read book The Gift and the Giving written by Tim Kelly and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1973 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gift and the giving is a contemporary play dealing with the question of man's faith in the value of personal commitment. Four young people take shelter in a church as they pause on their way to the state capitol where they hope to dramatize their plea for social change. They have vowed to fast until the march is completed, but now thoughts of food and comfort possess them. Their belief in the success of their goal is further weakened as unforeseen circumstances and the threat of physical harm work to defeat them. Only one is likely to complete the trek to the capitol steps, but the message he leaves with the others is that one committed man, with faith in his beliefs, can sometimes work small miracles. An unusual aspect is that the 'cause' is never specified, thus calling on the audience's imagination for participation. Designed for a youthful cast, the play is written for production in a church with the audience sitting in the pews. It can also be performed on a bare stage or at any number of locales.

Book The Undercurrent

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fay Ehlert
  • Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
  • Release : 1935
  • ISBN : 9780573625619
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book The Undercurrent written by Fay Ehlert and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1935 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 24 Favorite One Act Plays

Download or read book 24 Favorite One Act Plays written by Bennett Cerf and published by Crown. This book was released on 1963-05-15 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two dozen classic dramas by some of the finest and most famous playwrights of the last hundred years--Anton Chekhov, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, and A.A. Milne.

Book Threads

    Book Details:
  • Author : Beaumont Bruestle
  • Publisher : Lawrence Lee Graham
  • Release : 2009-03-16
  • ISBN : 144211472X
  • Pages : 227 pages

Download or read book Threads written by Beaumont Bruestle and published by Lawrence Lee Graham. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than two decades Dr. Beaumont S. Bruestle and Professor Harold W. Barrows were leading forces behind the extraordinary University of Tulsa Theatre. Beau Bruestle's memoir recalls those years.

Book Ebony

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1964-05
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Ebony written by and published by . This book was released on 1964-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

Book Brothers in Arms

    Book Details:
  • Author : Merrill Denison
  • Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
  • Release : 1930
  • ISBN : 9780573620560
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book Brothers in Arms written by Merrill Denison and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1930 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Television Series and Specials Scripts  1946 1992

Download or read book Television Series and Specials Scripts 1946 1992 written by and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early days of television, many of its actors, writers, producers and directors came from radio. This crossover endowed the American Radio Archives with a treasure trove of television documents. The collected scripts span more than 40 years of American television history, from live broadcasts of the 1940s to the late 1980s. They also cover the entire spectrum of television entertainment programming, including comedies, soap operas, dramas, westerns, and crime series. The archives cover nearly 1,200 programs represented by more than 6,000 individual scripts. Includes an index of personal names, program and episode titles and production companies, as well as a glossary of industry terms.

Book Jean Giraudoux

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jacques Body
  • Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 9780838634073
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Jean Giraudoux written by Jacques Body and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body's critical biography seeks to unlock the secrets of Giraudoux and his work, and to provide a portrait of the author and an analysis of his short stories, novels, plays, essays, and political theory.

Book Shakespeare

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 9780573624636
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book Shakespeare written by and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: