Download or read book The Substance of Fire The Film Society written by Jon Robin Baitz and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The substance of fire. A holocaust survivor plans to publish a six-volume scholarly work on Nazi medical experiments in order to raise money to save his family's failing business firm.
Download or read book The Substance of Fire and Other Plays written by Jon Robin Baitz and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Marked by the aching articulation, scathing wit and deep convictions of a mature artist with a complete vision."--Frank Rich, The New York Times "If Arthur Miller had married Noel Coward, their son would have been Robbie Baitz." --André Bishop, from the Preface Jon Rubin Baitz startled the theatrical world with the 1985 debut of The Film Society. A frank examination of the controlling forces behind a nearly bankrupt private school for boys in South Africa, The Film Society introduced a young playwright with an extraordinarily mature grasp of people, language and society. Baitz's recent works have fulfilled his early promise and enhanced his reputation. In The Substance of Fire (1991), a fiercely intellectual New York publisher struggles with his children for control of his business, and with the relentless pride which has made him previous to love. In The End of the Day (1992), an expatriate British doctor adapts to America by abandoning his ideals and succumbing to the twin lures of status and crime. About the Author: Jon Robin Baitz is the author of Three Hotels, The Film Society, Other Desert Cities, The End of the Day, and The Substance of Fire, which he adapted into a major motion picture. He was the showrunner on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters. He also wrote the screenplay for the upcoming film Stonewall directed by Roland Emmerich. He lives in New York.
Download or read book The Substance of Fire written by Jon Robin Baitz and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full Length, Drama Characters: 3 male, 2 female 2 Interior Sets Isaac Geldhart, the imperious scion of a family owned publishing house, is under siege. A takeover is being engineered by his son Aaron, who sees the firm's profitability steadily declining and wants to publish a trashy novel to bring in the bucks. Isaac plans to go on publishing scholarly works such as a multi volume history of Nazi medical experiments. Aaron has the necessary yen from Japanese backers but he ne
Download or read book Other Desert Cities written by Jon Robin Baitz and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A ... play about a family coming to terms with long held secrets. When a once-promising novelist returns home to Palm Springs to visit her parents conflict ensues after she announces the imminent publication of her memoir--a book that focuses on the politically explosive and tragic death of her antiwar-activist brother. With her parents trying to cling to their Reaganesque social status, the family is torn apart and must come to grips with its painful past."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book The Applause Best Plays Theater Yearbook 1990 1991 written by Otis L. Guernsey and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1992-11-01 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers highlights from the season's ten best plays and information on plays produced in the United States
Download or read book Hooked in Film written by John Markert and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though drug use was widespread in the nineteenth century, the negative influence of narcotics was mostly unknown. Cinema of the early twentieth century was instrumental in making viewers aware of the harmful effects of drugs. Throughout the decades, images of drugs such as marijuana, LSD, and heroin in films impacted—both negatively and positively—the national perception of their use. In fact, the use, popularity, and opinion of certain drugs often follow their status on the big screen. In Hooked in Film, John Markerttakes a close look at the correlation between social policies and the public view of drugs and their portrayals in film. In this volume, Markert examines the changing social attitudes toward illegal drugs and their cinematic depictions from as early as the 1894 film Chinese Opium Den to the present. The first section of this book focuses on the demonization of drugs between 1900 and 1959, followed by an assessment of marijuana on the big screen after 1960, when the drug was shown as part of everyday life with no serious consequences. Post-1960 depictions of heroin use, which have remained consistently negative, are also analyzed. Markert then takes a close look at the portrayals of powdered cocaine after the 1960s and the emergence of crack in the mid-1980s. Finally, Markert discusses hallucinogens, Ecstasy, and methamphetamines and their roles on the big screen. Tracking hundreds of films spanning more than a century, Hooked in Film looks at camp classics like Reefer Madness, comedies such as Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke, Dazed and Confused, and Pineapple Express, and dramas, including Panic in Needle Park and Requiem for a Dream. Scholars and students of cinema, popular culture, media studies, and sociology will find this book a valuable examination of how cinematic portrayals of drugs have changed over time, and how those images have influenced public perception of drugs and even public policy.
Download or read book American Theatre written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contemporary American Monologues for Men written by Todd and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audition monologues from recent works by American playwrights.
Download or read book Faithful written by Chazz Palminteri and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comedy thriller revolves around a hitman and his target. Tony, the cool killer, has his world turned upside down by Maggie, who planned to commit suicide on the night she was to be his victim. Distraught over her failing marriage to Jack, whom she suspects is having an affair, Maggie learns that Jack hired Tony to kill her because he thinks she is unfaithful. Tony's presence awakens Maggie's desire to live and she begins to fight for her life, coming at Tony from all angles. She claims that she hired him because she didn't have the courage to kill herself and she tries to convince Tony to kill Jack instead. A strange symbiotic relationship develops that propels the story through a series of violent and comical twists. Jack's arrival pushes the tension and the pace up another notch. He convincingly denies having hired Tony. Roles and allegiances shift. Who hired whom? Is Tony a hitman? Is Jack a cold blooded killer or just a cuckolded husband? Are Tony and Maggie conspiring to extort money from Jack? And ultimately, who will die?
Download or read book A Madhouse in Goa written by Martin Sherman and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blackout written by Gary Lennon and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blackout takes place on Christmas Eve at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. A diverse group has gathered to share their stories of hope and madness. They crave strength, integrity, and friendship as they struggle to make sense of their lives after years of drinking, drugging, and excess. A unique sense of family, love, and home prevails. Richard Lewis, Dianne Wiest, Faye Dunaway, Spalding Gray, and Howard Rollins, Jr. star in the movie version which is titled.
Download or read book Ghosts written by Henrik Ibsen and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1983 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This riveting family drama is a classic of the modern theatre. Oswald Alving returns for the dedication of the orphanage to his father's memory and has a flirtation with the family maid who, it turns out, is his father's illegitimate daughter. As the long-supressed truths collide, the orphanage is destroyed by fire, the maid deserts the family in disgust when she learns her true parentage, and Mrs. Alving is left alone to care for her hopelessly insane son who has fallen prey to the social disease that killed his father. The role of Mrs. Alving, considered one of the greatest in the modern repertoire, has been played by Liv Ullman, Geraldine Page, Eva Le Galliene, Mrs. Fiske, Alla Nazimova and Eleonora Duse." --Publisher description.
Download or read book La Ronde written by Arthur Schnitzler and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1954 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Schnitzler, Translated by Eric Bentley Full Length, Comedy Characters: 5 male, 5 female By the author of the classic romantic romp The Loves of Anatol, Schnitzler's popular roundelay of love in old Vienna is told in ten interwoven scenes: two characters appear in each and one of these moves into the next. The soldier of the first scene leaves a prostitute to appear in the next scene with a parlor maid. The maid then departs to be with her wealthy employer. He, in turn
Download or read book The Radical Mystique written by Arthur Laurents and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Camille written by Pam Gems and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1987 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a classic drama about the doomed love of a Parisian courtesan and a Marquis' son in the 1840s, adapted for the modern stage. --From publisher description.
Download or read book The Advocate written by and published by . This book was released on 1995-11-14 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.
Download or read book Any Given Day written by Frank Daniel Gilroy and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: