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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      10 December 2009
      13 January 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511605772
      9780521661089
      9780521668071
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511605772
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.73kg, 452 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.625kg, 452 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, American Theatre, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
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    Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, American Theatre, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
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    Christopher Bigsby explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights: John Guare (House of Blue Leaves), Tina Howe (Museum and Approaching Zanzibar), Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winner Tony Kushner (Angels in America), Emily Mann (Anulla: An Autobiography and Having Our Say), Richard Nelson (An American Comedy), Marsha Norman (The Secret Garden), David Rabe (In the Boom Boom Room), Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel (Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief), Wendy Wasserstein (The Sisters Rosenzweig), and Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson (Talley's Folly). Bigsby examines, in some detail, the developing careers of some of America's most fascinating and original dramatic talent. In addition to well-known works, Bigsby discusses some of the latest plays to reach the stage. This lively and accessible book, by one of the leading writers on American theatre, will be of interest to students, scholars and general theatre-goers alike.

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    "Bigsby's study helps fill the void in criticism of contemporary American drama and will be useful as introductions to the playwrights for high school students and college undergraduates." Libraries Unlimited

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