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Feminist Views on the English Stage: Women Playwrights, 1990-2000

Book by Elaine Aston; Cambridge University Press, 2003

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English Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Feminism And Literature--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Feminist Drama, English--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--Great Britain--History--20th Century

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...another established and high profile playwright of the contemporary English stage: Timberlake Wertenbaker. Like...had a long and productive career on English and international stages. Also like...for Wertenbaker. Along with other playwrights in this volume, she felt marginalised...
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Elizabethan Playwrights: A Short History of the English Drama from Medieval Times to the Closing of the Theatres in 1642

Book by Felix E. Schelling; Harper & Brothers, 1925

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English Drama--Early Modern And Elizabethan--History And Criticism

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...Fletcher in a poetic effort to place on the English stage that Italian potted flowering plant...absurdities ridiculed by a superior young playwright, however cleverly; while Fletcher...Guarini as he interpreted them for the English stage, defeated expectation, as he...
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British Playwrights, 1880-1956: A Research and Production Sourcebook

Book by William W. Demastes, Katherine E. Kelly; Greenwood Press, 1996

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Dramatists, English--19th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Dramatists, English--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, English Drama--19th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, English Drama--19th Century--Dictionaries, English Drama--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, English Drama--20th Century--Dictionaries

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...Revival: November 1961 at the Mermaid Theatre London . Gascoigne saw the play as the product of a middle-aged English playwright trying to evoke Roman-occupied Britain through between-the-wars language. He wrote, " R. C. Sherriff requires...
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Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook

Book by Bernice Schrank, William W. Demastes; Greenwood Press, 1997

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Dramatists, Irish--Biography--Dictionaries, English Drama--19th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, English Drama--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, English Drama--Irish Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, English Drama--Irish Authors--Dictionaries, Ireland--In Literature--Dictionaries, Theater--Ireland--Dictionaries

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...turning point in Irish theatre." "At the instigation of an English theatre, an Irish playwright is given an opportunity to use a major European play as...isolation that has frequently both protected and limited Irish playwrights. McGuinness use of settings and themes that are unusual...
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Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain

Book by Gabriele Griffin; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Asians In Literature, Asians--Great Britain--Intellectual Life, English Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--21st Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--Asian Authors--History And Criticism, English Drama--Black Authors--History And Criticism, English Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Feminism And Literature--Great Britain, Feminist Drama, English--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--Great Britain, Women, Black, In Literature, Women, Black--Great Britain--Intellectual Life

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...or through projecting the English text, or through appropriate...notes. However it is done, English in this context is always...They argue that When a playwright chooses an indigenous language over English, s/he refuses to submit...

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Journal Articles on: english playwright

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The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern England

Journal article by A.R. Braunmuller; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 33, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern England (Book)--Book reviews

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...Braunmuller The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern England...number of early modern English actor-playwrights--"Tarlton, Christopher...book about early modern English actor-playwrights and playwright-actors. (3) Her...
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From Seeking One's Voice to Uttering the Scream: The Pioneering Journey of African American Women Playwrights through the 1960s and 1970s

Journal article by Olga Barrios; African American Review, Vol. 37, 2003

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African American dramatists--History, African American dramatists--Social aspects, African American playwrights--History, African American playwrights--Social aspects, Women dramatists--History, Women dramatists--Social aspects, Women playwrights--History, Women playwrights--Social aspects

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...African American playwright Sonia Sanchez has...African American women playwrights that the theater...emphasis added) The playwrights studied in this essay...experimental use of English (including the absence...16.) The French playwright and director was...it essential that playwrights include healing images...regarding her use of the English language, Shange...
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Woman and the Changing World on Alternative Global Stage: Sixth Women Playwrights International Conference: Manila, 14-20 November 2003

Journal article by Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 22, 2005

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Artists--Works, Professional associations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Trade and professional associations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Women dramatists--Works, Women playwrights--Works

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...or translated into English. As mentioned earlier...hour allocated to each playwright. A reading session consisted of three playwrights work. Sixty plays...plays were presented in English, some playwrights were not comfortable...work of a Sri Lankan playwright, Ratna Pushpa Kumaris...
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Joan Templeton. Munch's Ibsen: A Painter's Visions of a Playwright

Journal article by Clarence Burton Sheffield Jr.; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 81, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Munch's Ibsen: A Painter's Visions of a Playwright (Critical work)--Book reviews

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...A Painters Visions of a Playwright. by Clarence Burton Sheffield...A Painters Visions of a Playwright. Seattle: u Washington v...complex relationships to other playwrights such as Bjornson, Strindberg...translated Ibsens letters into English, was also an important early...
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Michael Patterson. Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights

Journal article by Craig N. Owens; Comparative Drama, Vol. 39, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights (Book)--Book reviews

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...Post-War British Playwrights. by Craig N. Owens...student of contemporary English theater and drama would...placid consensus in English politics. The book...selecting the plays and playwrights for description and...As a result, such English playwrights as Harold...

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Magazine Articles on: english playwright

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Reviving Rita: Inspired by Screen Goddess Rita Hayworth, out Playwright Edwin Sanchez Crafts a Play to Honor Her Latina Sex Appeal

Magazine article by Trent J. Koland; The Advocate, April 29, 2003

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Diosa (Play)--Authorship, Dramatists, English, Dramatists--Works, Playwrights--Works, Sanchez, Edwin--Works

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...Reviving Rita: Inspired by Screen Goddess Rita Hayworth, out Playwright Edwin Sanchez Crafts a Play to Honor Her Latina Sex Appeal...Koland "Ive always felt like Ive been on the outside," muses playwright Edwin Sanchez--or Eddie, as friends call him. "Ive always...
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Mother and Child Reunion: Lesbian Mom and Playwright Kate Moira Ryan Talks about Transforming Dorothy Allison's Cavedweller from Page to Stage

Magazine article by Gerard Raymond; The Advocate, May 13, 2003

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Allison, Dorothy--Works, Cavedweller (Play), Dramatists, English, Dramatists--Works, Playwrights--Works, Ryan, Kate Moira--Works, Stage adaptations

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Mother and Child Reunion: Lesbian Mom and Playwright Kate Moira Ryan Talks about Transforming Dorothy Allisons...about two girls falling in love, at New York Citys Young Playwrights Festival. That night her father, a strict Irish Catholic...without a word after the performance--stranding the young playwright and her mother, who had to take the train home to suburban...
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Championship Season: Playwright Richard Greenberg Talks about Bringing His Hot-Button Gay Baseball Play, Take Me out, to Broadway

Magazine article by Gerard Raymond; The Advocate, February 18, 2003

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Baseball (Professional)--Portrayals, Baseball (Professional)--Social aspects, Dramatists, English, Dramatists--Works, Gay men--Works, Greenberg, Richard--Works, Playwrights--Works, Professional baseball--Portrayals, Professional baseball--Social aspects, Take Me Out (Play)--Authorship

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Championship Season: Playwright Richard Greenberg Talks about Bringing...be specifically mine," says the playwright. Yet Greenberg wasnt interested...of him to be incomplete," the playwright says. Just as his lead character...
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Chronicle of an Award Ungiven: The Wasserstein Prize for Young Female Playwrights Caused a Stir by Not Naming a 2010 Winner. What Happened, and What's Next?

Magazine article by Isaac Butler; American Theatre, Vol. 28, January 2011

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Awards (Prizes)--Demonstrations and protests, Dramatists--Demonstrations and protests, Playwrights--Demonstrations and protests

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...Prize for Young Female Playwrights Caused a Stir by Not...Butler IN 2008, CHICAGO PLAYWRIGHT LAURA JACQMIN checked...from writing in the English language was a playwright...prison. Aphra Behn--English spy code name and authorial...she became a popular playwright. The production of...production money, todays playwrights earn only three percent...
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10 Playwrights and Theatres Win Residency Grants

Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 21, May-June 2004

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Augirre-Sacasa, Roberto--Achievements and awards, Dramatists--Achievements and awards, Goodwin, Idris--Achievements and awards, Guirgis, Stephen Adly--Achievements and awards, Playwrights--Achievements and awards, Theatre Communications Group--Achievements and awards, United States. National Endowment for the Arts--Achievements and awards

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...NEA, each of the playwrights will receive $25...Residency Program for Playwrights are as follows...school students. * Playwright Dael Orlandersmith...developing Raw Boys, an English/Celt/Puerto Rican...to children. The playwright will also perform...lead the theatres Playwrights Unit and co-curate...

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Newspaper Articles on: english playwright

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When the Bard Was a Boyo; What If a Welshman Had Penned ShaKespeare's Plays? He May Be Viewed as the Quintessential English Playwright but Karen Price Discovers How a Welsh Theatre Company Is Adopting a Never Say Dai Attitude to the Bard's worK

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), August 22, 2011

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Dramatists, Elizabethan drama, Employee attitudes, Employees--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Playwrights, Theater, Theater companies

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...Viewed as the Quintessential English Playwright but Karen Price Discovers...penned by the celebrated English bard. And it might not be...was no different to what playwrights do today." This Christmas...leaving the work of the famous playwright - or of his Welsh counterpart...
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To Be or Not to Be in Stratford; Michelle Fiddler on Life in the Home Town of England's Most Famous Playwright

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 21, 2010

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Shakespeare, William (English playwright)

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...Michelle Fiddler on Life in the Home Town of Englands Most Famous Playwright. Byline: Michelle Fiddler ONCE in a while you get the opportunity...place that a visitors guide would regard as "quintessentially English". Think thatched roofs, rowing boats on the river, tea...
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The Welsh Bard? He Was the Quintessential English Playwright, but What If a Welshman Had Actually Been Behind Some of Jamie Smith's Mabon Shakespeare's Dramas? Karen Price Discovers How a New Play Is Taking an Alternative Look at the Bard's Work of Male Choirs

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 19, 2011

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

...He Was the Quintessential English Playwright, but What If a Welshman...penned by the celebrated English Bard. And it might not be...was no different to what playwrights do today." Johns believes...leaving the work of the famous playwright - or of his Welsh counterpart...
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Introducing Arthroscopy; "No, Let the Candied Tongue Lick Absurd Pomp, and Crook the Pregnant Hinges of the Knee." -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English Playwright Hamlet. Act Iii. Sc. 2

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 14, 2007

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

...Tongue Lick Absurd Pomp, and Crook the Pregnant Hinges of the Knee." -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English Playwright Hamlet. Act Iii. Sc. 2. Byline: Dr. Brix Pujalte THE fear of surgery is ancient and visceral. Who wants to...
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Holiday Gluttony; "Make Less Thy Body Hence, and More Thy Grace. Leave Gormandizing;" - William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English Playwright. Henry IV, Part 2, Act 5, Sc. 5, L

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 2, 2007

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...Make Less Thy Body Hence, and More Thy Grace. Leave Gormandizing;" - William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English Playwright. Henry IV, Part 2, Act 5, Sc. 5, L. Byline: DR. BRIX PUJALTE THIS is it! As I write, the Christmas office...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: english playwright

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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...Present After the war most English writers chose to focus...Other novelists and playwrights of the 1950s, often...not a great period of English literature, it produced...expatriate novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett . Thomass...translated them into English, is considered the...
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Ford, John , English Dramatist

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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FORD, JOHN , English dramatist 1586 c.1640, English dramatist, b. Devonshire. He went to London to study...appeared between 1627 and 1634. Ford was the most important playwright during the reign of Charles I. His plays are characterized...
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Jones, Henry Arthur

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...JONES, HENRY ARTHUR 1851 1929, English playwright. His reputation was first established...influenced by the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, Jones turned to...include The Renascence of the English Drama (1895) and The Theatre...
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Crowne, John

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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CROWNE, JOHN c.1640 c.1703, English playwright. The favorite playwright of Charles II, he is remembered for several rather mediocre comedies. Crowne was influenced by the French tradition, particularly by Moliere, and the mental states...
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Coward, Sir NoËl

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...NOEL (Sir Noel Pierce Coward)no l, 1899 1973, English playwright, actor, composer, and director, b. Teddington...comedies, and operettas and was the most successful English composer of theater music in the mid-20th cent...

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