An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet.

Shakespeare.com. Welcome to the Shakespeare Web. An interactive, hypermedia environment dedicated to the increasingly popular enjoyment and understanding of Shakespeare's plays and other works.

William Shakespeare. 1564-1616. John Bartlett. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

In-depth play analyses, essays, plot synopses, source information, answers to common Shakespeare questions, and much more.

Absolute Shakespeare, the essential resource for for William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.

EOneill.com is an electronic forum and archive devoted to the American playwright, Eugene O'Neill.

Repertory theatre company performing plays about the beginning of the modern world by Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries (1856-1950) in historic Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

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The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe: An Electronic Edition Introduction to this Site Marlowe's Texts Write Us This site was edited by Hilary Binda with the full support of the Perseus Project, a digital library for the study of ancient Greece and Rome and Renaissance England. Perseus is a non-profit enterprise, located at Tufts University. Site last updated: January 3, 2000 For faster ...

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A comprehensive grouping of on-line essays, reviews, analyses and various other material related to the works of Samuel Beckett.

A comprehensive grouping of on-line essays, reviews, analyses and various other material related to the works of Samuel Beckett.

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This interactive exhibit, part of the Exhibits Collection, takes visitors on a literary journey through the classic short story ...

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About the Festival Schedule Ticket Sales Brochure Participants Travel / Hotel Contests Contact Us Board of Directors Our Sponsors Past Festivals Links Start planning now to attend the 17th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, Wednesday, March 26 - Sunday, March 30, 2003! Order taped sessions from the 2002 Festival! If you missed the 2002 Festival, or attended and want a ...

Welcome to our Ibsen site. We are proud to present information on Henrik Ibsen, one of the greatest playwrights in history, who was born and brought up in Skien.

Ben Jonson, the great seventeenth century dramatist, poet, and wit. A biography, a collection of works, and Web resources.

Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site Located in Danville, CA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Playwright Eugene O'Neill in his Tao House study. (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, the only Nobel Prize winning playwright from the United States and the architect of modern American theater, lived at Tao House in the hills above Danville from 1937 ...

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) This website grew out of my desire to have the plays of Thomas Middleton in one collection, personally edited and available on word processor. Having done that, I thought it worthwhile to take the next step and bring Middleton to the Web. One inspiration was seeing what a convenient resource there is in a Complete Online Shakespeare, which I used--along with the OED, ...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is America's National Cultural Center. Located in Washington, DC, the Kennedy Center presents the latest musical and theatrical productions, jazz concerts, family performances, and a free performance every day at 6pm on the Millennium Stage.

Information about playwright Tennessee Williams, including a biographical and critical article, a list of published works, and other information resources.

Christopher Marlowe, Renaissance English poet. Biography, works, essays, and resources.

Biography of Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello, plus summaries of some of his plays and links to all of his works currently in print.

Contents to Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare.

Welcome to El Teatro Campesino, founded by Luis Valdez, where you will find everything from an event calendar to a virtual tour of the entire building to a media showcase and much more!

August Strindberg. Swedish playwright and novelist. August Strindberg's paintings and drawings. Links to authors ...

An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet - Shakespeare's Works.

Materials for the Construction of Shakespeare's Morals, the Stoic Legacy to the Renaissance Major Ethical Authorities. Indexed According to Virtues, Vices, and Characters from the Plays, as well as Topics in Swift, Pope, and Wordsworth. Books: Cicero's De Officiis, Seneca's Moral Essays and Moral Epistles, Plutarch's Lives, Montaigne's Essays, Elyot's Governour, Spenser's Faerie Queene, James ...

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Carolyn Gage is a lesbian-feminist playwright, performer, director, and activist. The author of more than forty plays, musicals, and one-woman shows, she specializes in non-traditional roles for women, especially those reclaiming famous lesbians whose stories have been distorted or erased from history. She has toured extensively to colleges and universities, and, in 1998-99 was a Guest ...

Hardy M. Cook editor@shaksper.net Thank you for visiting SHAKSPER, the international electronic conference for Shakespearean researchers, instructors, students, and those who share their academic interests and concerns. SHAKSPER is a moderated mailing list edited by Hardy M. Cook. General information about the SHAKSPER mailing list. Subscribe to SHAKSPER. LISTSERV commands for SHAKSPER members.

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F.Graff, Oslo Information ibsen.net Henrik Ibsen's Writings The Ibsen Bibliography Ibsen Studies Manuscripts and letters The collection Activities Current Ibsen productions Education Research Ibsen links Textversion IBSEN Centre Faculty of Arts, University i Oslo, P. O. Box 1166 Blindern, NO-0316 OSLO Tlf. (+47) 22 85 91 53 Fax (+47) 22 85 91 58 E-mail: ibsensenteret@ibsen.uio.no Now: Ibsen ...

Christopher Marlowe. 1564-1593. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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1997 Nobel Laureate in Literature who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.

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Biography of French playwright Jean Racine, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

William Shakespeare is alive and well on the Internet. Follow the links to discover scholarship, homage, books, and information about the immortal bard.

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Biography of American playwright David Mamet.

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Wole Soyinka is among contemporary Africa's greatest writers. He is also one of the continent's most imaginative advocates of native culture and of the humane social order it embodies. Born in Western Nigeria in 1934, Soyinka grew up in an Anglican mission compound in Ak. A precocious student, he first attended the parsonage's primary school, where his father was headmaster, and then a nearby ...

Moliere plays in new English adaptations by actor-director-playwright Timothy Mooney.

Wole Soyinka is among contemporary Africa's greatest writers. He is also one of the continent's most imaginative advocates of native culture and of the humane social order it embodies. Born in Western Nigeria in 1934, Soyinka grew up in an Anglican mission compound in Ak. A precocious student, he first attended the parsonage's primary school, where his father was headmaster, and then a nearby ...

An important engine behind the writing of Boston, MA Playwright, Michael Bettencourt, is the desire to put into play (pun intended) the decidedly liberal, possibly even anarchic, political and social beliefs he has.

Free download of five plays by Doric Wilson, pioneer playwright of the Caffe Cino and off-off-Broadway and a founder of the Gay Theater movement.

Award-winning playwright/director/actor offers catalogue of plays, production photos and more.

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German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer whose epic theatre departed from the conventions of theatrical illusion and developed the drama as a social and ideological forum for leftist causes.

A website for the renowned playwright Jean-Claude van Itallie, his work, plays, performances and projects, his foundation Shantigar Village. The site contains photos, reviews, excerpts, script and rights information about numerous plays, books, and performance pieces by Jean-Claude van Itallie. His personal biography and work shop schedule are also included. ...

The Need for Transcendence in the Postmodern World In this postmodern world, cultural conflicts are becoming more dangerous than any time in history. A new model of coexistence is needed, based on man's transcending himself. By Vaclav Havel There are thinkers who claim that, if the modern age began with the discovery of America, it also ended in America. This is said to have occurred in the year ...

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An examination of the works of Belgian poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.

English playwright who achieved international success as one of the most complex post-World War II dramatist. Pinter's plays are noted for their use of breakdown of communication, understatement, cryptic small talk, and silence, to describe the thoughs of the characters.' Equally recognizable are the 'Pinteresque' themes - nameless menace, erotic fantasy, obsession and jealousy, family hatred and mental disturbance.

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This is the root page of author David Budbill's website. It contains links to pages documenting his various works and scheduled appearances.

Welcome to the official Thornton Wilder Society Web site, dedicated to preserving and expanding the legacy of Thornton Wilder, a three time Pulitzer Prize winner and the only winner for both fiction and drama.

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Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive.

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MERCY or A Puritan Revolutionary a comedy in two acts by Richard Seltzer Copyright by Richard Seltzer 1975 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim electronic copies of this script for non-commercial purposes provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. All other rights -- including print publication, production, and performance -- are ...

WOLE SOYINKA. Background: Born: 1934 Residence: Nigeria Book Store: Featured Internet Links: The Nobel Prize Internet Archive.

Plays by Sam Post -- including synopses, excerpts, production histories, reviews, and more ...

The Rattigan Society for gay and lesbian Objectivists is dedicated to the promotion of Objectivism as the rational philosophical choice which is vital to healthy and happy gay and lesbian individuals. The Society is both a social group and also operates a scholarship fund and a book and library fund.

Biography of French playwright Pierre Corneille, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

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Rita Ann Higgins has reinvigorated poetry in Ireland in the past decade. A gutsy, anarchic poet and dramatist, she has been a literary outsider writing from inside Irish society ...

On a scorching July day in 1925, a trial began in Dayton, Tennessee, pitting two intellectual greats of the time against each other. At issue was a state law banning the teaching of evolution and a Dayton teacher's knowing infringement of that law. For twelve days, Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes captured the nation's attention as a media circus swept through Dayton, carrying the historical ...

Together with The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition, Villard is proud to publish Eve Ensler's Necessary Targets, a groundbreaking play about women and war -- Ensler's first new play since her Obie-award-winning Vagina Monologues.

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Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) Italian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934 for his bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage. Pirandello's plays are often seen as forerunners for theatre of the absurd.

Friedrich Schiller page, including brief biography, bibliography of selected texts, excerpts from 'On the Aesthetic Education of Man', and complete text of his essay titled 'On the Sublime' ...

Naneki Elliott helps to enhance spiritual growth through messages from the Mother of Jesus, books, a play, and spiritual sessions with Mother Mary.

List of works by Euripides, part of the Internet Classics Archive ...

This database contains the complete dialogue from Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman in a full concordance format: every word in the dialogue of the play is indexed and connected to its textual context. You can search it for wordlists (alphabetic and frequency-ordered), for KWIC concordances, and for collocations (in the context around the keyword).

Although Pierre Corneille is regarded as the founder of French tragedy, six of his first eight plays were comedies. He actually produced 20 works while a member of parliament, and 12 more thereafter.

Back to Modern History Sourcebook Modern History Sourcebook: J. C. Friedrich Von Schiller (1759-1805): Letters Upon The Aesthetic Education of Man, 1794 Introductory Note Schiller's importance in the intellectual history of Germany is by no means confined to his poetry and dramas. He did notable work in history and philosophy, and in the department of esthetics especially, he made significant ...

The rival of Pierre Corneille for the title of the greatest French tragic dramatist, Jean Racine infused the high style of neoclassicism with the tension of human passion. 17th-century metaphysics...

Biography of American playwright Beth Henley, plus links to all of her works currently in print.

An unabridged encyclopedia of Shakespeare's life and works. Its informative content is made easy for researchers to understand and absorb.

A theater director resume of professional and academic directing credits, including photos and review excerpts, plus a list of new plays written, both produced and unproduced, with brief descriptions, cast breakdowns and sample scenes.

Salon Magazine: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet trashes the Internet, denounces 'Schindler's List' and praises summer movies as the reappearance of ancient mystery cults. ...

Sharleen Cooper Cohen, writer and theatre producer.

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Biography of American dramatist Terrence McNally, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

Biography of English dramatist John Osborne, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

Italian playwright Dario Fo has won the Nobel prize for literature. The Swedish Academy cited the 71-year-old writer and actor for using laughter to open our eyes to injustices in society. His controversial works were denounced by the Vatican and barred from the United States. Two theater experts discuss his contribution to world literature, and his capacity for "epic clowning."

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Lorraine Hansberry (1930 - 1965) American playwright and painter, whose A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1959) was the first drama by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. It also won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award as the best play of the year.

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) - in full Maurice Polydore-Marie-Bernard Maeterlinck, also called Count Maeterlinck Belgian playwright and poet who was awarded in 1911 the Nobel Prize for Literature. Maeterlink was closely associated with the ...

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Biography of British playwright David Hare, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

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A poem dated 1599.

William Shakespeare's plays with essays and criticism.

Act4Murder -- Lease scripts of comic four-act murder mysteries for your local drama troupe, dinner theater or organization.

Undiscovered Rhymster Paddy Gormley: Verse Plays, Poetry, Books, Teaching, Public Speaking. Online excerpts including music.

A biographical account of Racine's formative years, his early poems, and his relationship with Moliere.

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) Prolific French playwright, whose works ranged from high drama to absurdist farce. Anouilh's career spanned over five decades. Although he cannot be linked with any particular school or trend, he partly adopted Sartre's ...

Brad Fraser, Canadian playwright and film-maker. Credits: Outrageous, Snake in Fridge, Love and Human Remains and Poor Super Man.

The Czech president is the product of a culture whose artists and intellectuals have for fifty years been remarkable for their courageous commitment to democratic government for the sake of the common good.

Wole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, southwestern Nigeria, which was then a British colony. The Soyinkas were members of the Yoruba tribe.

Clifton Snider English Department California State University, Long Beach On the Loom of Sorrow : Eros and Logos in Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales I When a young child listens to a fairy tale, he or she listens with what Owen Barfield calls original participation, a term Barfield derives from Lucien Levy-Bruhl's concept of participation mystique (Barfield 30-31 and 40-45), a concept also adopted by ...

Biography of American playwright Neil Simon, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

A biography of the Irish dramatist.

LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE April 14, 1999 Margaret Edson won the Pulitzer Prize drama award for her play W;t. It is about a professor of 17th century poetry and her fight against ovarian cancer. Edson is an elementary school teacher in Atlanta, Georgia. 1999 Pulitzer Prizes for the Arts April 13, 1999: Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, Michael Cunningham. April 9, 1999: The power of Johannes Sebastian ...

TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES Conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith Directed by Marc Levin Premieres Sunday April 29 at 9:00 pm (Check local listings) STAGE ON SCREEN continues its premiere season with the broadcast of TWILIGHT LOS ANGELES, Anna Deavere Smith's powerful one-woman/multi-voiced theater piece about the 1991 Rodney King beating, the violent aftermath of the 1992 verdict, ...

A. Dramatic. Life. Exiled Nigerian playwright, activist, and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka '96H finds sanctuary at Emory. By John D. Thomas.

Sanford S. Elberg Lecture; Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Wole Soyinka.

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A detailed biography and list of selected works.

Jens Bj rneboe discusses Tennessee Williams late plays: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, Suddenly Last Summer, The Night of the Iguana.

The Hill District: August Wilson August Wilson, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1987 and 1990.(12) BORN: 1945. ...August would always be at the library, reading everything. Then, he'd come home and tell our mother what he learned that day. He was kind of like a walking newspaper. (13) I grew up without a father. When I was 20 I went down onto Centre Avenue to learn from the community how ...

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Alexandre Dumas (jr.) (1824-1895) - known as Dumas fils French playwright and novelist, illegitimate son of Alexandre Dumas, who however supported his sons education with care. Dumas fils gained fame with his novel The Lady of the Camillas, in ...

KEN ARMSTRONG WRITING STUFF This is mainly intended to be a writing site - an opportunity to show some of the writing 'stuff' I do. DID YOU SAY WRITING Absolutely. Everything from radio plays, theatre plays, films, stories, criticisms, jokes, anecdotes and diary entries. 'ME' STUFF If you want to know a little more about me you can always click here WRITING STUFF Radio Theatre Film Short ...

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide An Ongoing Online Project Paul P. Reuben Chapter 8: American Drama - Clifford Odets (1906-1963) Page Links: | Primary Works | Selected Bibliography | Study Questions | MLA Style Citation of this Web Page | Site Links: | Chap. 8: Index | Alphabetical List | Table Of Contents | Home Page | Primary Works Awake and Sing, ...

ISU Play Concordances: The Importance of Being Earnest This WWW site contains the complete dialogue from Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest in a full concordance format: every word in the dialogue of the play is indexed and connected to its textual context. You can search it for wordlists (alphabetic and frequency-ordered), for KWIC concordances, and for collocations (in the ...

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Introduction -- Long Day's Journey Into Night In the summer of 1939, at the age of 50, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill began work on what he called a play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood, finally summoning the courage to write an autobiographical masterpiece that confronted the truth about his own family. GREAT PERFORMANCES is proud to present David ...

THE PLAY'S THE THING March 10, 1999 Tom Stoppard, co-writer of the film, Shakespeare In Love, was in San Francisco for the American premier of his play Indian Ink. After this background report, he discusses the state of modern theater with Elizabeth Farnsworth. March 10, 1999: Tom Stoppard talks with Elizabeth Farnsworth. February 10, 1999: Arthur Miller reflects on the 50th anniversary of Death ...

The Transfer of Oscar Wilde's Remains oscar wilde, irish author (b.1854, d.1900) When Oscar Wilde was released from prison on May 19, 1897, he was a broken man. Wilde left England and died in sad circumstances in Paris on November 30, 1900. His remains were buried in the insignificant Bagneaux Cemetery. There must have been plans to transfer the body from the start, since Wilde was buried in ...

You have reached the website of Alan Haehnel: English Teacher, Theatrical Director And Playwright Here's my thinking: I write plays. I have had the good fortune of having several of them published. I would like to have more published; I would like my work to spread across the land in great abundance, as it were. So the main purpose of this cyber pad of mine, this visiting place, is to let you ...

Biography of Edward Albee written by Harvard students.

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Brendan Francis Behan (1923-1964) Irish author noted for his powerful political views and earthy satire. While not in jail or in pubs, Behan worked in odd jobs and wrote plays and stories that colorfully depicted the life of the ordinary working ...

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ShakespeareNet describes a Shakespearean play in an easy to understand format. The site includes Act by Act summaries, character explanations, essay questions, and historical information.

Sam Shepard as Slim in Cowboy Mouth, 1971 Portrait of the Artist: Sam Shepard and the Anxiety of Identity A masters thesis presented to the faculty of the University of Virginia on May 1, 1996. by John Blackburn TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Three True Stories An introduction by way of Shepard's most recent work. II. Portrait of the Artist A general look at Shepard's career. III. Cowboy Mouth The 1971 ...

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Information about writer Beth Henley, including a biographical and critical article, a list of published works, and other information resources.

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Ben Jonson 1573-1635 I have and do reverence him for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his works, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration that has been in many Ages. --Ben Jonson in tribute to Francis Bacon In Ben Jonson's Discoveries (1641) he gives Bacon the highest praise, and describes his writings in these peculiar words: He who ...

Sean O'Casey Sean O'Casey, a child of the Dublin slums, was born in 1880 to a Protestant family. He had a grim childhood of poverty, poor eyesight, and ill health. Although a chronic eye disease forced him to stay away from school because of his eye treatments, his passion for learning stayed with him. In his youth he read widely in the classics and in the Bible, and at 84 he was learning ...

Full summary and analysis of Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello written by Harvard students. Includes a biography, message board, and background information on the play.

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Jean Racine (1639-1699) Playwright, poet, master of the classical French tragedy in the times of Molire. Racine took his subjects from antique or mythology and became very popular with his plays of blind, passionate love. His dramas followed the ...

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde HIGH above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. He was very much admired indeed. `He is as beautiful as a weathercock, ' remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for ...

Official Broadway credits for George S. Kaufman, biographical information and other related facts ...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER April 20, 2001 In the third of a series of conversations with this year's Pulitzer Prize winners, Terence Smith talks with David Auburn about his winning play, Proof. TERENCE SMITH: The prize for drama went to David Auburn for his play Proof . It's a family drama that unfolds against the backdrop of mathematical theory. The play is a hit at the Walter Kerr theater on ...

Suzan-Lori Parks (b. 1964) LINKS Suzan-Lori Parks http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~cybers/park.html This page offers biographical information, a list of Parks's plays and where they've been performed, and a list of selected articles about Parks. Star Power: Rising Young Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks at the Wilma Theater http://www.wilmatheater.org/press/1997_0911.html This article by Toby Zinman ...

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Moliere (1622-1673) was the nom de theater, chosen for some undiscovered reason, by the great French dramatist Jean Baptiste Poquelin, and then substituted for his family name. Learn about the life of Moliere. The Early Life of Moliere The Marriage of Moliere Theatre Illustre Moliere at Work Moliere's Rivals Later Works of Moliere The Final Years of Moliere DISCLAIMER: PLEASE READ - By printing, ...

ISU Play Concordances Searching Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey Complete Alphabetical Word List from Juno and the Paycock Concord Database Complete Word List Ordered by Frequency for Juno and the Paycock View complete acting dialogue of Juno and the Paycock Please Note: The complete acting dialogue of Juno and the Paycock is not a complete published text of the work and should be used for ...

Note: Unconventional spellings and instances of usage in the commencement address below represent the preferences of the author.) SUZAN-LORI PARKS COMMENCEMENT SPEECH TO THE MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE CLASS OF 2001 HELD ON MAY 27, 2001 THANK YOU, Graduating Class of 2001, Fellow Honorary Degree Recipients, Distinguished Administration and Faculty, Alumnae, Parents, Family and Friends, thank you all ...

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Luigi Pirandello A Biographical Sketch There seems to be little doubt that one of the most influential modern authors/playwrights of the early twentieth century was Luigi Pirandello. Today, his reputation is still of worldwide renown, even as we face entrance into the twenty-first century. His works are centerpieces of study and production. He became the first Italian author/playwright to be ...

A PRIZE-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT April 16, 1998 The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Transcript Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with Paula Vogel, author of How I learned to Drive and winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for drama. A RealAudio version of this segment is available. NEWSHOUR LINKS: April 15, 1998 A conversation with Charles Wright, the 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. April 14, 1998 A conversation ...

Women of color women of words adrienne kennedy Funnyhouse of a Negro I wouldn't be alive if I had remained as fragmented as that person who wrote Funnyhouse and The Owl Answers. Over the years, these people came together inside me. --American Theatre ...

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Brendan Behan was born into a working class family in Dublin in 1923. His family were very involved in the republican movement and at the age of 16 he was sent to juvenile prison (borstal), for attempting to smuggle explosives into England. His most famous works include The Hostage, Borstal Boy and After the Wake. Diabetes and the effects of years of alcohol abuse contributed to his death in ...

LORRAINE VIVIAN HANSBERRY. Lorraine Hansberry was born, May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Carl Augustus Hansberry and Nannie Perry.

Luis Valdez (b. 1940) LINKS Perspectives in American Literature: Luis Valdez http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap8/valdez.html This site provides a list of Valdez's primary works, awards, and honors and a selected bibliography. Luis Valdez http://arts.endow.gov/learn/NCA/Valdez.html The National Endowment for the Arts offers a biography of Valdez, who serves on the National Council for ...

Stage Plays by Pat Cook Every so often people ask me 'How do you get to be a writer Frankly, I think we are ALL writers. We ALL have a story or two to tell. Some of us simply take the time, patience and determination to actually sit down and bat those stories out. That's what I do. Sometimes I get asked, What's the best kind of writer And I always tell them, Busy . Sometimes I get asked about ...

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January 17, 2000 WRITERS ON WRITING The Humble Genre Novel, Sometimes Full of Genius Related Articles Patrick O'Brian, Whose 20 Sea Stories Won Him International Fame, Dies at 85 (Jan. 7, 2000) Featured Author: Patrick O'Brian By DAVID MAMET or the past 30 years the greatest novelists writing in English have been genre writers: John le Carre, George Higgins and Patrick O'Brian. Sara Krulwich/The ...

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BRAD FRASER SCREENWRITER The screenplay for LOVE & HUMAN REMAINS was the first work for film written by the successful young playwright, Brad Fraser. It won him a Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and brought Hollywood studios knocking at his door. The screenplay is an adaptation of Fraser's internationally successul play, Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love. Fraser's ...

Based on the Brian Friel play, Dancing at Lughnasa tells the story of the sisters of the Mundy family. The summer of 1936, when the action of Dancing at Lughnasa takes place, is beautiful, but Europe is on the verge of terrible change.

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Terence Rattigan was born on June 10th, 1911. His father Frank was a diplomat and his grandfather a knight. He enjoyed a youth marked by travel, and yet while the family was seemingly upscale, the Rattigans were never wealthy. More significantly, his father's lowbrow background and behavior barred them from mingling with high society. Eventually, Frank would lose his diplomatic post, and the ...

WILLY RUSSELL Willy Russell was born in Whiston, near Liverpool, England, in 1947. Russell has written a string of popular, award-winning plays and musicals, but perhaps one of the most well known is Educating Rita which was successfully made into an Oscar-nominated movie starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. Other well known Russell works include Shirley Valentine and Blood Brothers.

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A mirror for his bitterness among forgotten people J.M. Synge's The Aran Islands in the context of the Irish Literary Revival CLICK HERE TO GO TO SYNGEWEB 1. Introduction John Millington Synge, born in 1871 into an Anglo-Irish upper middle-class family, was one of the most eminent Irish writers of his time. Among other great names such as W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and Sean OCasey he will always ...

Luis Valdez Screenwriter, Director Birth Jun 26, 1940 - Delano, CA Occupation Screenwriter, Director, Original Story Years Active Countries USA Genres Drama, Western, Mystery, Musical, Fantasy See Also Add New Link Luis Valdez has the bulk of career using plays and film to raise conscious and campaign for the rights of Latinos in the United States. Of Mexican-American heritage, Valdez spent much ...

WENDY WASSERSTEIN (1995) My writing is so character driven. I really take time to get to know the people who are in my plays; I understand their narrowness, their wideness. I have an intimacy with their cultural backgrounds and a feeling for how that affects their lives. Not all these characters have the same background as mine, however. In The Sisters Rosensweig, all the characters are Jewish.

The Club - David Williamson Analysis Interviews Library Resources Standard English Analysis Studies in Australian drama: The Club A study guide which includes an introduction to the play, comments from the playwright, critics' views, questions for discussion and further reading. By Peter Fitzpatrick for Studies in Australian Drama. Interviews Sport in the performing arts David Williamson ...

AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE April 6 , 2001 Gwen Ifill talks with playwright August Wilson. GWEN IFILL: When Tony-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell demands the opening act spotlight in August Wilson's latest play, the character he portrays-- King Hedley II-- is angry. He is tortured. BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL: They make up the rules, and then they break them themselves. It don't do nothing but put me two weeks ...