| Description |
xiv, 391 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contrast (1787) / by Royall Tyler -- Fashion (1844) -- by Anna Cora Mowatt -- Uncle Tom's cabin (1853) / by George L. Aiken -- Ten nights in a barroom (1858) / by William W. Pratt -- East Lynne (1863) / byClifton W. Tayleure -- Rip Van winkle (1866) / by Dion Boucicault and Joseph Jefferson -- Heart of Maryland ((1895) -- by David Belasco -- Barbara Frietchie (1899) / by Clyde Fitch -- Peg o' my heart (1912) / by J. Hartley Manner -- Bat ( 1920) / by Mary Robert Rinehart and Avery Hopwood -- Emperor Jones (1920) / by Eugene O'Neill -- Anna Christie (1921) / by Eugene O'Neill -- Abie's Irish rose (1922) / by Anne Nichols -- Adding machine (1923) / by Elmer Rice -- Show-off (1924) / by George Kelly -- What price glory? (1924) / by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stalling -- Front page (1928) / by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur -- Street scene (1929) / by Elmer Rice -- Biography (1932) / by S. N. Behrman -- Ah, wilderness! (1933) / by Eugene O'Neill -- Tobacco Road (1933) / by Jack Kirkland -- Awake and sing (1935) / by Clifford Odets -- Three men on a horse (1935) / by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott -- Waiting for Lefty (1935) / by Clifford Odets -- Woman (1936) / by Clare Booth Luce -- You can't take it with you (1936) / by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart -- Of mice and men (1937) / by John Steinbeck -- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938) / by Robert Sherwood -- Our town / by Thornton Wilder -- Life with Father (1939) / by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse -- Little foxes (1939) / by Lillian Hellman -- Man who came to dinner (1939) / by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart -- Morning's at seven (1939) / by Paul Osborn -- Philadelphia story ((1939) / by Philiip Barry -- Time of your life (1939) / by William Saroyan -- Arsenic and old lace (1941) / by Joseph Kesseling -- Skin of our teeth (1942) / by Thornton Wilder -- Harvey (1944) / by Mary Chase -- Glass menagerie (1945) / by Tennessee Williams -- Born yesterday (1946) / by Garson Kanin -- Iceman cometh (1946) / by Eugene O'Neill -- All my sons (1947) / by Arthur Miller -- A streetcar named Desire (1947) / by Tennessee Williams -- Mister Roberts (1948) / by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan -- Death of a salesman (1949) / by Arthur Miller -- Come back, Little Sheba (1950) / by William Inge -- Member of the wedding (1950) / by Carson McCuller -- Crucible (1953) / by Arthur Miller -- Picnic (1953) / by William Inge -- Rainmaker (1954) / by N. Richard Nash -- Bus stop (1955) / by William Inge -- Cat on a hot tin roof (1955) / by Tennessee Williams -- Inherit the wind (1955) / by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Matchmaker (1955) / by Thornton Wilder -- Aunti Mame (1956) / by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee -- Long day's journey into night (1956) / by Eugene O'Neill -- Miracle worker (1959) / byWilliam Gibson -- A raisin in the sun (1959) / by Lorraine Hansberry -- Best man (1960) / by Gore Vidal -- Zoo story (1960) / by Edward Albee -- Mary, Mary (1961) / by Jean Kerr -- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) / by Edward Albee -- Barefoot in the park (1963) / by Neil Simon -- Odd couple (1965) / by Neil Simon -- Lion in winter (1966) / by James Goldman -- Boys in the band (1968) / by Mart Crowley -- House of blue leave (1971) / by John Guare -- That championship season (1972) / by Jason Miller -- Streamers (1976) / by David Rabe -- Gemini (1977) / by Albert Innaurato -- Deathtrap (1978) / by Ira Levin -- Talley's folly (1979) / byLansford Wilson -- True west (1980) / by Sam Shepard -- Crimes of the heart (1981) / by Beth Henley -- A soldier's play (1981) / by Charles Fuller -- Dinning room (1982) / by A.R. Gurney -- Torch song trilogy (1982) / by Harvy Fierstein -- Brighton Beach memoirs (1983) / by Neil Simon -- 'night, Mother (1983) / by Marsha Norman -- Glengarry Geln Ross (1984) / by David Mamet -- Fences (1987) / by August Wilson -- Steel magnolias (1987) / by Robert Harling -- Joe Turner's come and gone (1988) / by August Wilson -- M. Butterfly (1988) / by David Henry Hwang -- Heidi chronicles (1989) / by Wendy Wasserstein -- Lend me a tenor (1989) / by Ken Ludwig -- Piano man (1990) / by August Wilson -- Six degrees of separation (1990) / by John Guare -- Lost in Yonkers (1991) / by Neil Simon -- Angels in America (1993) / by Tony Kushner -- Love! Valour! Compassion! (1995) by Terrence McNally -- Buried child (1996) / bySam Sheperd -- How I learned to drive (1997) / by Paula Vogel -- Dinner with friends (1999) / by Donald Marguiles -- Proof (2000) / by David Auburn -- Take me out (2003) / by Richard Greenberg -- Anna in the tropics (2003) / by Nilo Cruz -- Doubt (2005) / by John Patrick Shanley -- August: Osage County (2007) / by Tracy Letts -- Claybourne Park (2012) / by Bruce Norris. |
| Summary |
"In 100 Greatest American Plays, Thomas S. Hischak provides an engaging discussion of the best stage productions to come out of the United States. Each play is discussed in the context of its original presentation as well as its legacy. Arranged alphabetically, the entries for these plays include: plot details, production history, biography of the playwright, literary aspects of the drama, critical reaction to the play, major awards, the play's influence, [and] cast lists of notable stage and film versions. The plays have been selected not for their popularity but for their importance to American theatre and include works by Edward Albee, Harvey Fierstein, Lorraine Hansberry, Lillian Hellman, Tony Kushner, David Mamet, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill, Sam Shepard, Neil Simon, Gore Vidal, Wendy Wasserstein, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, and August Wilson. This informative volume also includes complete lists of Pulitzer Prize winners for Drama, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for American Plays, and the Tony Award for Best Play. Providing critical information about the most important works produced since the eighteenth century, 100 Greatest American Plays will appeal to anyone interested in the cultural history of theatre"--Publisher. |
| Subject(S) |
American drama.
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Theater.
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| Added Name(S) |
Hischak, Thomas S., editor.
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| Added Title |
One hundred greatest American plays |
| ISBN |
9781442256057 (hardcover) |
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1442256052 (hardcover) |
| ISBN/ISSN/Media No. |
40027000932 |
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