The Best Plays

Download or read book The 101 Greatest Plays written by Michael Billington and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having surveyed post-war British drama in State of the Nation, Michael Billington now looks at the global picture. In this provocative and challenging new book, he offers his highly personal selection of the 100 greatest plays ranging from the Greeks to the present-day. But his book is no mere list. Billington justifies his choices in extended essays- and even occasional dialogues- that put the plays in context, explain their significance and trace their performance history. In the end, it's a book that poses an infinite number of questions. What makes a great play? Does the definition change with time and circumstance? Or are certain common factors visible down the ages? It's safe to say that it's a book that, in revising the accepted canon, is bound to stimulate passionate argument and debate. Everyone will have strong views on Billington's chosen hundred and will be inspired to make their own selections. But, coming from Britain's longest-serving theatre critic, these essays are the product of a lifetime spent watching and reading plays and record the adventures of a soul amongst masterpieces.

Download or read book Picnic written by William Inge and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1955 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The play takes place on Labor day Weekend in the joint backyards of two middle-aged widows. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a boarder who is a spinster school tea

Download or read book The Best Plays Theater Yearbook written by Jeffrey Eric Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Best American Short Plays 2018–2019 written by John Patrick Bray and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Paula Vogel once said that theater helps us learn how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable with each other. Revolving around the theme of "this is who we are," the one-act plays in this latest edition of the Best American Short Plays series (now in its ninth decade) explore the thoughtful ways in which playwrights are wrestling to make sense of our world today. The selected plays reflect how we perform our identities (private and public) and how we negotiate who we are with others who often have different perspectives, perspectives that make us uncomfortable. The theme of this collection is topical and apt—as our country continues to shore up its borders along party lines, from pride parades to strict abortion laws, from inclusivity in education curricula to children in detention centers at the US–Mexico border. Each of the plays presents a clear reflection of who we are (and who we aspire to be) as individuals and as a nation. The styles of the plays also reflect different approaches to storytelling: two characters, four characters, a single setting, multiple settings, or a utopian "nowhere." The rich and compelling characters try to work out their differences and overcome obstacles using humor and a sense of magic that comes with simple moments of human connection. This is who we are: people who are grappling with the desire to be understood, the hope to be loved and accepted, and to allow that hope to shape a larger sense of who we could be if we continue to work and listen.

Download or read book The Ride Down Mt. Morgan written by Arthur Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lyman Felt is hospitalized after a serious car accident and two women claiming to be his wife meet by his side. Caught in a web of lies between two families both looking for an explanation, Lyman's reasons for his deceitfulness shed new light on old memories and replace deception with the unavoidable, aching truth."--Back cover.

Download or read book Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre written by John Gassner and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scenes & Monologs from the Best New Plays written by Roger Ellis and published by Pioneer Drama Service. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the best professionally produced American plays.