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Five Contemporary American Plays
Includes: Ah! Wilderness; Winterset; Waiting for Lefty; Idiot's Delight; Of Thee I Sing

Book by William H. Hildreth, Wilson R. Dumble; Harper & Brothers, 1939

Subjects:

American Drama--20th Century, Drama

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

FIVE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PLAYS Edited by WILLIAM H. HILDRETH...York London FIVE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PLAYS Copyright, 1939, by Harper...theatre and are even now writing plays for the American public; they are not intended...
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Modern American Plays: Collected with Introduction by George P. Baker

Book; Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920

Subjects:

American Drama, Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

MODERN AMERICAN PLAYS COLLECTED WITH INTRODUCTION BY...been selected. From the many possible American plays of the last ten years these five have...companies. We do not see enough of some American plays of the past three decades. Many years...
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Columbia Workshop Plays: Fourteen Radio Dramas
Includes: A Trip to Czardis; Meridian 7-1212; Never Come Monday; They Fly through the Air; Seven Waves Away; The Ghost of Benjamin Sweet; A Drink of Water; Forgot in the Rains; Cartwheel; Man with a Gun; Nine Prisoners; Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent; The Half Pint Flask; The Fall of the City

Book by Douglas Coulter; Whittlesey House, 1939

Subjects:

American Drama--20th Century, Drama, Radio Plays

Collections: Entire Library

...will be a spell of grim Americana, of fantasy, of plays in dialect; but these...limited. Some radio plays were unavailable because...MACLEISH COLUMBIA WORKSHOP PLAYS A TRIP TO CZARDIS...story to appear in American magazines that year...
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English Miracle Plays, Moralities and Interludes: Specimens of the Pre-Elizabethan Drama

Book by Alfred W. Pollard; Clarendon Press, 1927

Subjects:

English Drama--Medieval, Moralities, English, Mysteries And Miracle-Plays, English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

ENGLISH MIRACLE PLAYS MORALITIES AND INTERLUDES SPECIMENS AND...PIGOUCHET FOR S. VOSTRE, 1502 ENGLISH MIRACLE PLAYS MORALITIES AND INTERLUDES SPECIMENS...increase in the literature as to these early plays has sometimes got ahead of me. In the...
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Six Plays for Young People from the Federal Theatre Project (1936-1939): An Introductory Analysis and Six Representative Plays
Includes: Horse Play; Flight; The Boiled Eggs; The Revolt of the Beavers; A Letter to Santa Claus; Pinocchio

Book by Lowell Swortzell; Greenwood Press, 1986

Subjects:

American Drama--20th Century--Juvenile Drama, Children's Plays, American, Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

"The subject of Swortzell's book is a selection of plays created by the Children's Theatre units of the Federal Theatre Project. . . . Most of the six plays in Swortzell's anthology resonate with political messages integral to the post-Depression, post-World War I era. . . . Though some of the ...
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"The subject of Swortzell's book is a selection of plays created by the Children's Theatre units of the Federal Theatre Project. . . . Most of the six plays in Swortzell's anthology resonate with political messages integral to the post-Depression, post-World War I era. . . . Though some of the scripts, like Chorpenning's A Letter to Santa Clause, which is an indictment of war, and Yasha Frank's Pinocchio, which celebrates the rewards of a virtuous life, hammer away at theme to the point of becoming tedious, the plays written and performed during this brief heydey in the history of children's theatre reveal just how far the genre could move beyond the narrow focus and prescribed subjects which once defined its boundaries." Children's Literature Association Quarterly
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Journal Articles on: american plays

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Harry Elam, Jr., and Robert Alexander, Eds. the Fire This Time: African American Plays for the Twenty-First Century

Journal article by David Krasner; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Fire This Time: African American Plays for the Twenty-First Century (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Eds. the Fire This Time: African American Plays for the Twenty-First Century...eds. The Fire This Time: African American Plays for the Twenty-First Century...The books subtitle, "African American Plays for the Twenty-First Century...
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Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation: Volume 1 (1966-1986)

Journal article by Celita Lamar; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 38, 2008

Subjects:

Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation, vol. 1 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Anthology of Quebec Womens Plays in English Translation: Volume 1 (1966-1986...Forsyth, ed. Anthology of Quebec Womens Plays in English Translation: Volume 1 (1966-1986...more than four decades of Quebec womens plays, Forsyth focuses on plays written and...
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Theatre for Children: Fifteen Classical Plays

Journal article by Kristin Leahey; Theatre History Studies, Vol. 27, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Theatre for Children: Fifteen Classical Plays (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...recently deceased grandmother told him about the splendor, as well as the cruel dictatorship, of her Central American homeland. The plays in this anthology are all quite worthy of publication, although there are some omissions. Jennings writes in...
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Philip C. Kolin, Ed., the Undiscovered Country: The Later Plays of Tennessee Williams

Journal article by Robert Combs; American Studies International, Vol. 41, 2003

Subjects:

The Undiscovered Country: The Later Plays of Tennessee Williams (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...ed., The Undiscovered Country: the Later Plays of Tennessee Williams. by Robert...to his post-Night of the Iguana (1961) plays--the "undiscovered country" of this collection...essays, edited by Philip C. Kolin. These plays are "undiscovered" for several reasons...
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Positive/Negative: Women of Color and HIV/AIDS: A Collection of Plays

Journal article by Monica D. Ulibarri, Emilio C. Ulloa; Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Vol. 52, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Positive/Negative: Women of Color and HIV/AIDS: A Collection of Plays (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...book was to support, encourage, and inspire new community artists who have not had access to mainstream American theater. Some of the plays were selected from the San Francisco AIDS Theater Festival, a performing arts event and conference in San...

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Magazine Articles on: american plays

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The Plays Tell the Tale

Magazine article by Mel Gussow; American Theatre, Vol. 13, July 1996

Subjects:

Actors Theater of Louisville--Fairs, festivals, etc., Drama festivals--Appreciation, Humana Festival of New American Plays--Appreciation

Collections: Entire Library

...performed at the Humana Festival of New American Plays, but all were written by festival...England about whats happening in the American theatre. Despite the "cast" changes...provokes anothers fury. Up to four plays a day At the 1979 festival, I...
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Between the Lines: This Year's Humana Plays Were Most Revealing When They Left a Little to the Imagination

Magazine article by Nicole Estvanik; American Theatre, Vol. 24, July 2007

Subjects:

Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Humana Festival of New American Plays, Plays--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Entire Library

...Humana Festival of New American Plays wrapped up at Actors...two prisoners. The plays strength is not in...as the moment the American dream went sour...like it or not, the plays message about shared...wanted from Batch: An American Bachelor/ette Party...
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In Louisville, the Play's the Thing in Spring

Magazine article by Hap Erstein; Insight on the News, Vol. 10, May 16, 1994

Subjects:

Actors Theater of Louisville--Performances, Homosexuality--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Humana Festival of New American Plays--1994, Louisville, Kentucky--Fairs, festivals, etc., Theater--Fairs, festivals, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...converge in Kentucky to attend the festival of new American plays. This year, the recurring motif was gay and lesbian...harbinger of spring is the Humana Festival of New American Plays, named for the hospital corporation that has underwritten...
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High Anxiety

Magazine article by Celia Wren; American Theatre, Vol. 16, July 1999

Subjects:

Actors Theater of Louisville--Fairs, festivals, etc., Drama festivals--Evaluation, Humana Festival of New American Plays--1999

Collections: Entire Library

...showcased at the 23rd annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, under the leadership of artistic director Jon...challenged conventions of dramatic form with plays on T-shirts, a play in a car and plays over telephone lines. Of all cultural precipices...
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U.S.A. Today

Magazine article by Stephanie Coen; American Theatre, Vol. 12, July 1995

Subjects:

America--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Drama festivals--Production and direction, Humana Festival of New American Plays--1995

Collections: Entire Library

...this years Humana Festival of New American Plays at Kentuckys Actors Theatre of...a testosterone-driven parody of Americana) stand literally naked before the...enough. And despite crowding their plays with images of an America on the...

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Newspaper Articles on: american plays

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Q&A: John Travolta; JOHN TRAVOLTA BLEW AWAY HIS TEEN IDOL PAST AS A VIOLENT GANGSTER IN PULP FICTION. HIS LATEST ROLE IS JUST AS POWERFUL - HE PLAYS AN AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN PRIMARY COLORS, DUE OUT IN AUGUST. HERE, HE TALKS TO KAREN HOCKNEY

Newspaper article by Karen Hockney; Sunday Mirror (London, England), June 21, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...TRAVOLTA BLEW AWAY HIS TEEN IDOL PAST AS A VIOLENT GANGSTER IN PULP FICTION. HIS LATEST ROLE IS JUST AS POWERFUL - HE PLAYS AN AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN PRIMARY COLORS, DUE OUT IN AUGUST. HERE, HE TALKS TO KAREN HOCKNEY. by Karen Hockney...
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American Icon the Goodman Theatre Honors Chicagoan David Mamet by Staging a Series of His Plays. We Take the Occasion to Talk to Local Actors and Directors about the Enigmatic Playwright and His Contributions to American Theater. and Our Own Jack Helbig Reminisces about Being a Student in Mamet's Class at the University of Chicago

Newspaper article by Jack Helbig; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 24, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

American Icon the Goodman Theatre Honors Chicagoan David Mamet by Staging a Series of His Plays. We Take the Occasion to Talk to Local Actors and Directors...and, first and foremost, writing some of the best American plays of the last three decades of the 20th century. People...
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Get a Taste of Three Lesser-Known Plays

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), May 18, 2006

Subjects:

Drama, Eliot, T.S., Plays

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Eugene doesnt get to experience a lot of them. ``There are plays that are really hot in the greater theater world that dont...to expose Eugene to underheard voices. I like to find those American voices that are strong and dont get a lot of play." Steve Wehmeier...
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Child's Plays; Theatre Main Stage: Family Shows for the Half-Term Holidays

Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), October 19, 2007

Subjects:

Drama, Plays, Theater--Theater reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Childs Plays; Theatre Main Stage: Family Shows for the Half-Term Holidays. Byline...Set on a dark and stormy night, this spooky adventure is set in a small American town in the early 1800s. Thrills, chills and spills as well as songs...
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A Fine 'Memory' Full of Teenage Angst

Newspaper article by Barbara Vitello; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 21, 2005

Subjects:

Humana Festival of New American Plays

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...executed remount of its production which premiered earlier this year during Louisvilles acclaimed Humana Festival of New American Plays. But this quiet, coming-of-age drama featuring Sandy Shinners firm, unhurried direction and fine acting by Taylor...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: american plays

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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...exact statement of American political ideals...spectacles, on the plays of Shakespeare, and...playwrights. A few popular plays such as Uncle Toms...Winkle were based on American fiction; others were...with some of the plays of Bronson Howard...Century Trends in American Fiction The connection...
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Spanish American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...intellectual, known for her lyric poetry, plays, and prose; and the Peruvian Juan del...Romanticism The colonial period in Spanish American history and letters came to an end with...remembered as the author of the first Spanish American novel, The Itching Parrot (1816; tr...
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James, Henry , American Novelist and Critic

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...staid, Europeans with the innocent, eager, though often brash, Americans. In the novels of his middle period, The Bostonians (1886...notebooks, ed. by F. O. Matthiessen and K. B. Murdock (1947); his plays, ed. by L. Edel (1949); his travel writings, ed. by R. Howard...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Spanish), and the early plays of Edward Albee (American). The pessimism and...trilogy; and in such American plays as Jason Millers That...by and about African Americans emerged as a significant...trend. In the 1960s plays such as James Baldwin...
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Woodworth, Samuel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and was author of the song "The Old Oaken Bucket." His comedy The Forest Rose (1825) was one of the most popular American plays before the Civil War. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University...

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