Front Lines: Political Plays by American Women

ISBN-13: 9781595584243 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 288 str.

Alexis Greene; Shirley Lauro

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"Front Lines" is a pathbreaking collection of the most important, critically acclaimed plays written by the country s leading contemporary female playwrights. Including seven full scripts and accompanying materials, "Front Lines" provides both major examples of the playwright s craft and an essential introduction to the politically inspired work of female dramatists of the twenty-first century.

Here is Jessica Blank s widely heralded "The Exonerated" (written with Erik Jensen), based on interviews with American prisoners incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. Also included is Nilaja Sun s outstanding "No Child . . .," winner of the Outer Critics Circle s 2007 John Gassner Award for Best New Play a funny, stirring one-woman show centering on an inner-city teacher s success at involving her rebellious students in their own education by putting on a play. Rounding out the collection are Emily Mann s "Mrs. Packard"; Paula Vogel s "Hot n Throbbing"; Shirley Lauro s "Clarence Darrow s Last Trial"; Quiara Alegria Hudes s "Eliot: A Soldier s Fugue"; and Cindy Cooper s "Words of Choice," co-adapted with Suzanne Bennett.

With a preface by distinguished playwright Shirley Lauro and an introduction by theater critic Alexis Greene, "Front Lines" also includes short biographies of the playwrights and a production photo of each play.
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