A powerful play on Lincoln's tenure in the White House from inauguration to assignation, the period of his superb greatness. Backgrounded by the devastating civil war, it presents Mary, Grant, Seward, Lee, Meade, Stanton, common soldiery and others of the time by a playwright whose skills should make him of major interest.
A powerful play on Lincoln's tenure in the White House from inauguration to assignation, the period of his superb greatness. Backgrounded by the devas...
In an age of miniaturization, the one-act play should find itself at home. People do attend concertized etudes, most often for the piano, and that is precisely what a one-act play is-an etude. Sometimes it's a character study, others a piece of action, still others a complete little story, and several strung together selectively can make a program.
In an age of miniaturization, the one-act play should find itself at home. People do attend concertized etudes, most often for the piano, and that is ...
"The Smithson Matter," together with its one-act "Introduction," recounts the personal and political maneuvers behind the creation of the great Smithsonian Institute. The "Introduction" presents James Smithson, ne Macie, the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland and the fashionable Elizabeth Macie. Frustrated by the English class society that stigmatizes him and inspired by the equality of the new American States, he resolves to leave his fortune to that country, to be used to create an institute "for the dissemination of knowledge to the common man."
"The Smithson Matter"...
"The Smithson Matter," together with its one-act "Introduction," recounts the personal and political maneuvers behind the creation of the great Smi...
Tragedy is the heartiest of theater. It wakens us by calling to our senses more completely than any other medium. And it is successful only when the write can make his audiences savor every minute of it.
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Tragedy is the heartiest of theater. It wakens us by calling to our senses more completely than any other medium. And it is successful only when the w...
