Download or read book The Best Plays Theater Yearbook written by Jeffrey Eric Jenkins and published by Limelight Editions. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual chronicle of United States theater continues its long tradition of preserving the history of theater in the United States. For this 87th edition, essays by noted theater critics and writers celebrate the season and the ten best plays of 2005-2006. In addition to providing a variety of historical perspectives for the study and enjoyment of theater lovers, Best Plays includes a compendium of facts and figures about the year in United States theater, all illustrated with 100 black-and-white photographs.
Download or read book The Best loved Plays of Shakespeare written by Jennifer Mulherin and published by Cherrytree Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a plot synopsis, character sketches, and quotations from each of ten plays, plus a brief biography of William Shakespeare.
Download or read book The Best Plays and the Year Book of the Drama in America written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The 101 Greatest Plays written by Michael Billington and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having surveyed post-war British drama in State of the Nation, Michael Billington now looks at the global picture. In this provocative and challenging new book, he offers his highly personal selection of the 100 greatest plays ranging from the Greeks to the present-day. But his book is no mere list. Billington justifies his choices in extended essays- and even occasional dialogues- that put the plays in context, explain their significance and trace their performance history. In the end, it's a book that poses an infinite number of questions. What makes a great play? Does the definition change with time and circumstance? Or are certain common factors visible down the ages? It's safe to say that it's a book that, in revising the accepted canon, is bound to stimulate passionate argument and debate. Everyone will have strong views on Billington's chosen hundred and will be inspired to make their own selections. But, coming from Britain's longest-serving theatre critic, these essays are the product of a lifetime spent watching and reading plays and record the adventures of a soul amongst masterpieces.
Download or read book Scenes Monologs written by Roger Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of monologues and dialogues for men and women, selected from American plays professionally produced within the past ten years.
Download or read book The Knight of the Burning Pestle written by Francis Beaumont and published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. This book was released on 2002-09-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Let him kill a lion with a pestle, husband; let him kill a lion with a pestle.' So exclaims the Grocer's wife who, with her husband and servants, is attending one of the London's elite playhouses where a theatre comany has just begun to perform. Peeved at the fact that all the plays they see are satires on the lives and values of London's citizenry, the Grocer and his wife interrupt and demand a play that instead contains chivalric quests and courtly love. What's more, they nominate their apprentice Rafe to take on the hero's role of the knight in this entirely new play. The author, Francis Beaumont, ends up not just satirising the grocers' naive taste for romance but parodying his own example of citizen comedy. This play-within-a-play becomes a pastiche of contemporary plays that scorned those who were not courtiers or at least gentlemen or ladies. Like Cervantes in Don Quixote, Beaumont exposes the folly of those that take representations for realities, but also celebrates their idealism and love of adventure. The editor, Michael Hattaway, is editor of plays by Shakespeare and Jonson as well as of several volumes of critical essays, and author of Elizabethan Popular Theatre, Hamlet: The Critics Debate, and Renaissance and Reformations: An Introduction to Early Modern English Literature. He is Professor Emeritus of English Literature in the University of Sheffield.
Download or read book The 50 Greatest Plays in New York Giants Football History written by John Maxymuk and published by 50 Greatest Plays. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series that explores the logic-defying comebacks and tough losses, the dramatic interceptions, fumbles, game-winning field goals, and touchdowns that shape a fan's greatest memories of their beloved team, this book does not disappoint as the ultimate collector's item for Giants fans. It chronicles the most famous moments in the New York Giants' football history, including the shocking upset of Super Bowl XLII, Pat Summerall's 49-yard field goal in the snow in 1958, Phil Simms' fourth down and 17 strike against the Vikings in 1986, defeating the 49ers on the final play in 1991, and Lawrence Taylor's 97-yard interception return to defeat the Lions on Thanksgiving. The descriptions of each play are accompanied with game information and quotes from participants, players, and observers with firsthand accounts.
Download or read book 100 Greatest American Plays written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre in America has had a rich history—from the first performance of the Lewis Hallam Troupe in September 1752 to the lively shows of modern Broadway. Over the past few centuries, significant works by American playwrights have been produced, including Abie’s Irish Rose, Long Day’s Journey into Night, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, and Angels in America. In 100 Greatest American Plays, Thomas S. Hischak provides an engaging discussion of the best stage productions to come out of the United States. Each play is discussed in the context of its original presentation as well as its legacy. Arranged alphabetically, the entries for these plays include: plot details production history biography of the playwright literary aspects of the drama critical reaction to the play major awards the play’s influence cast lists of notable stage and film versions The plays have been selected not for their popularity but for their importance to American theatre and include works by Edward Albee, Harvey Fierstein, Lorraine Hansberry, Lillian Hellman, Tony Kushner, David Mamet, Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill, Sam Shepard, Neil Simon, Gore Vidal, Wendy Wasserstein, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, and August Wilson. This informative volume also includes complete lists of Pulitzer Prize winners for Drama, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for American Plays, and the Tony Award for Best Play. Providing critical information about the most important works produced since the eighteenth century, 100 Greatest American Plays will appeal to anyone interested in the cultural history of theatre.
Download or read book The Lion in Winter written by James Goldman and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004-12-14 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insecure siblings fighting for their parents’ attention; bickering spouses who can’t stand to be together or apart; adultery and sexual experimentation; even the struggle to balance work and family: These are themes as much at home in our time as they were in the twelfth century. In James Goldman’s classic play The Lion in Winter, domestic turmoil rises to an art form. Keenly self-aware and motivated as much by spite as by any sense of duty, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine maneuver against each other to position their favorite son in line for succession. By imagining the inner lives of Henry, Eleanor, and their sons, John, Geoffrey, and Richard, Goldman created the quintessential drama of family strife and competing ambitions, a work that gives visceral, modern-day relevance to the intrigues of Angevin England. Combining keen historical and psychological insight with delicious, mordant wit, the stage play has become a touchstone of today’s theater scene, and Goldman’s screenplay for the 1968 film adaptation won him an Academy Award. Told in “marvelously articulate language, with humor that bristles and burns” (Los Angeles Times), The Lion in Winter is the rare play that bursts into life on the printed page.
Download or read book The Best American Short Plays 2018 2019 written by John Patrick Bray and published by Applause Theatre & Cinema. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant collection of the best one-act plays in American theater in 2018-2019, the styles and approaches are as varied and rich--and troubled, compelling, and human--as American life itself.
Download or read book The 50 Greatest Plays in Georgia Bulldogs Football History written by Patrick Garbin and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series that explores the logic-defying comebacks and tough losses, the dramatic interceptions, fumbles, game-winning field goals, and touchdowns that shape a fan's greatest memories of their beloved team, this book does not disappoint as the ultimate collector's item for Bulldogs fans. It chronicles the most famous moments in the University of Georgia's football history, including the "onside kick" against Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl in 1981, David Pollack's strip of the football against South Carolina in 2002, Belue-to-Scott for 93 yards to defeat rival Florida, Fran Tarkenton's fourth down touchdown pass in 1959, and "excessive celebration" in 2007. The descriptions of each play are accompanied with game information and quotes from participants, players, and observers with firsthand accounts.
Download or read book The Best 10 minute Plays 2012 written by Lawrence Harbison and published by Ingram. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The 50 Greatest Plays in Iowa Hawkeyes Football History written by Michael Maxwell and published by 50 Greatest Plays. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series that explores the logic-defying comebacks and tough losses, the dramatic interceptions, fumbles, game-winning field goals, and touchdowns that shape a fan’s greatest memories of their beloved team, this book does not disappoint as the ultimate collector’s item for Hawkeyes fans. It chronicles the most famous moments in the University of Iowa’s football history, including Warren Holloway's miraculous game-ending catch in the Capital One Bowl; "The Kick," Rob Houghtlin's game-winning 29-yard field goal against Michigan in 1985; Gordon Locke's one-yard touchdown plunge to hand Notre Dame their first loss in three years; and Chuck Long's touchdown run in the closing minute to clinch a comeback win over Michigan State. The descriptions of each play are accompanied with game information and quotes from participants, players, and observers with firsthand accounts.
Download or read book The Best American Short Plays 2007 2008 written by Barbara Parisi and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.
Download or read book The Best Ten Minute Plays 2017 written by Lawrence Harbison and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume you will find fifty terrific new ten-minute plays all successfully produced during the 2016-2017 theatrical season. They are written in a variety of styles. Some are realistic plays, some are not, some comic, some are dramatic. Included is a comprehensive list of theatres which do ten-minute plays. Plays for two actors include: Alexander and the Yellow Rotary Phone (Ablesser), Another Day (Arsenault), Asking for it (MacCallum),Blue Tent (DiIorio), Consipiracy of Love (Kaplan), Ditmas (Alterman), Dr. Darling (Hanson), The Faint Taste of Cat Food and Sour Milk (Ehrlich), Front from Juneau (Howes), Gothic (Campbell), Husbandry (Nigro), The Last Night (Kaplan), Mickey Cares (McCullough), No Love, Please (Smith), Once in a Blue Moon (Cotton), The Pain Inside (Jerome), Palooka (Barnett), Room 313 (Crim), Rules of Comedy (Cotter), Six Billion Architects (Andrew), Sold! (Hoke), TA (Patterson), A Tale of Two in One (Bachleda), The Tango (Heilveil), You Again (Buckman). Plays for three or more actors include: Baby Gay (Mattingly), Bride of Godzilla (Racelis), Brine Shrimp Gangsters ( Stubbles), Carla (Bobek), Catatonic (Roberts), Coffee Break (Solmon), Cram School, Snow Days (Hardy), The Cut of Memory (Strauss), Don't Bleed on Me (Rassler), Evolution (Floyd), First Day In Trade (O'Grady), I Don't Know (McLindon), I Just Love that Keith Urban (Frost), I'm Only Sleeping(Polak), Just Like Them (Widney), Just Say it Three Times (Moughon), Lament (Plaza), The Mime Crime (Yukich), Non-Refundable (Ehrlich), Our Ten (Levine), Pop Star (MacGregor), Speed Mating (Guaspari), Tight Curls Today (Barclay), Trudy, Carolyn, Martha, and Regina Travel to Outer Space and have a Pretty Terrible Time There (Kennedy), Your Life Choices (Macdonald)
Download or read book Best Flag Football Plays written by Dillon Hess and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Flag Football Plays book is the best way to transform your team and develop the strategy needed to become a winning flag football team. First and foremost, however, this book is not just for Football games played with Flags. This book contains a plethora of passing concepts and strategies that can directly be implemented into any form of football competition. While this book was originally created in response to the increasing popularity of Intramural and Recreational Flag Football leagues, the same principles and strategies can be applied to any type of Football. This can range anywhere from touch football games in the back yard, to Pop Warner youth football games, to 7-on-7 High school tournaments, to Division I College football games played on ESPN. These plays and strategies can be leveraged across any level of modern football to help you score touchdowns and win games. Touchdowns are waiting to be thrown. The Goal Line is waiting to be crossed. The End Zone is waiting for your team to celebrate. Find out how to get there through the plays found in this book.
Download or read book Angels in America written by Tony Kushner and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. This edition, published alongside the major revival at the National Theatre in 2017, contains both plays, Part One: Millennium Approaches, and Part Two: Perestroika.
