Product Description

This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights of the 20th century, written by leading figures in drama/performance studies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1048134 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 325 pages

Review
"* "More than Realism: Horton Foote's Impressionism" by Tim Wright * "David Story's Aesthetic of Invisible Events" by William Hutchings * "What's Wrong With This Picture? David Rabe's Comic-Strip Plays" by Toby Silverman * "Hedda's Children: Simon Gray's Anti-Heroes" by Katherine Burkman * "Romanticism and Reaction: Hampton's Transformation of Liasons Dangereuses" by Stephanie Barbe Hammer * "The Artistic Trajectory of Peter Schaffer" by C.J. Gianakaris * "The Artist in the Garden: Theatre Space and Place in Landford Wilson" by Thomas P. Adler * "Great Expectations: Languages and the Problem of Presence in Sam Shepard's Writing" by Ann Wilson * "Vision and Reality: Their Very Own > and Golden City and Center 42" by Clive Barker * "Funny Money in New York and London: Neil Simon and Alan Aykbourn" by Ruby Cohn * "Master Class and the Paradox of the Diva" by Cary Mazer * "From Zurich to Brazil with Tom Stoppard" by Felicia Hardison Londre * "The Romans in Britain: Aspirations and Anxieties of a Radical Playwright" by Ann Wilson * "Female Laughter and Comic Possibilities: Uncommon Women and Others" by Miriam Chirico * "Phallus in Wonderland: Machismo and Business in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross" by Hersh Zeifman * "The Dumb Waiter, The Collection, The Lover, and The Homecoming: A Revisionist Approach" by George Wellworth * "Who Wrote John Arden's Plays?" by Tish Dace * "Negotiating History, Negotiating Myth: Friel Among his Contemporaries" by Claire Gleitman * "Monsters and Heroines: Caryl Churchill's Women" by Lisa Merrill * "Playing with Place: Some Filmic Techniques in the Plays of David Hare" by John Russell Brown"

From the Back Cover
This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights of the 20th century, written by leading figures in drama/performance studies. It is the ideal reference for the classroom, for independent research, and for a general overview of the field.