The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights

ISBN-13: 9781408134795 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 504 str.

Martin Middeke

Opis

Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years.
This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in detail. Written by a team of 25 eminent international scholars, each chapter provides:
- a biographical introduction to the playwright's work;
- a survey and concise analysis of the writer's most important plays;
- a discussion of their style, dramaturgical concerns and critical reception;
- a bibliography of published plays and a select list of critical works.
Among the many Tony, Obie and Pulitzer prize-winning playwrights included are Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, August Wilson, Paula Vogel and Neil LaBute. The abundance of work analysed enables fresh, illuminating conclusions to be drawn about the development of contemporary American playwriting.

Recenzje

An extensive survey of twenty-five prominent American playwrights whose careers span the last fifty years ... Readers might employ this guide as an introduction to a playwright's career and oeuvre, as supplemental reading to one of the playwright's plays, or as a starting point for further research.. This guide provides useful and productive analysis of the playwrights. Amy Guenther Theatre Topics

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION1. EDWARD ALBEE(Tom Adler, Purdue, USA)2. MARlA IRENE FORNÉS(Scott Cummings, Boston College, USA)3. RICHARD GREENBERG(Jochen Achilles, Wurzburg, Germany)4. JOHN GUARE(Ken Urban, Harvard, USA)5. DAVID-HENRY HWANG(Russell Vandenbroucke, Louisville, USA)6. ADRIENNE KENNEDY(Klaus Benesch, LMU Munich, Germany)7. TONY KUSHNER(James Fisher, North Carolina, USA)8. NEIL LABUTE(Christopher Innes, Toronto, Canada)9. DAVID MAMET(Toby Zinman, Philadelphia, USA)10. DONALD MARGULIES(Kerstin Schmidt, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany)11. TERRENCE MCNALLY(Peter Paul Schnierer, Heidelberg, Germany)12. ARTHUR MILLER (post - 1970)(Susan Abbotson, Rhode Island, USA)13. MARSHA NORMAN(Annalisa Brugnoli, University of Venice, Italy)14. SUZAN-LORI PARKS(Ilka Saal, Erfurt, Germany)15. SARAH RUHL(Deborah Geis, DePauw, USA)16. JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY(Annette J. Saddik, CUNY, USA)17. WALLACE SHAWN(Martin Middeke, Augsburg, Germany)18. SAM SHEPARD(Katherine Weiss, East Tennessee State University, USA)19. CHRISTOPHER SHINN(Stephen Bottoms, University of Manchester, UK)20. LUIS VALDEZ(Jorge Herta, UCSD, USA)21. PAULA VOGEL(Joanna Mansbridge, Nova Scotia, Canada)22. NAOMI WALLACE(Pia Wiegmink, Mainz, Germany)23. WENDY WASSERSTEIN(Frazer Lively, Weseleyan, USA)24. AUGUST WILSON(Sandra G. Shannon, Howard, USA)25. WILLIAM S. YELLOW ROBE(Birgit Daewes, Mainz, Germany)NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORSINDEX

O autorze

Middeke Martin (born 24 April 1963 in Paderborn) is a German literary scholar and Chair of English Literature at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Middeke Martin (born 24 April 1963 in Paderborn) is a German literary scholar and Chair of English Literature at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Dr Peter Paul Schnierer is the Chair of English Literature at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Christopher Innes is a Professor of English at York University, Canada, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Performance and Culture. He is the author of many books on modern drama and theatre history. Dr Matthew Roudané is Professor of English and Chair at Georgia State University, USA. Dr Peter Paul Schnierer is the Chair of English Literature at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Scott T. Cummings is a theatre scholar and critic who has directed plays and taught courses in playwriting and dramatic literature in the Theatre Department of Boston College for more than twenty years. His teaching, research, and professional interests center on contemporary American theatre, new play dramaturgy, and devised work. His major publications include Remaking American Theater: Charles Mee, Anne Bogart and the SITI Company (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Maria Irene Fornes (Routledge, 2012), and The Theatre of Naomi Wallace: Embodied Dialogues (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), a collection of essays and commentary co-edited with Erica Stevens Abbitt. Prior to Boston College, Scott held teaching positions at Carnegie Mellon University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pittsburgh. Ken Urban is a playwright based in New York City. Christopher Innes is a Professor of English at York University, Canada, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Performance and Culture. He is the author of many books on modern drama and theatre history. JILL DOLAN is Professor of English and Theatre at Princeton University, USA, where she is also Director of its programme in the study of women and gender.