Modern and Contemporary Drama,9780312090777

Modern and Contemporary Drama

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ISBN13: 9780312090777
ISBN10: 0312090773
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 1993-11-15
Publisher(s): Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary

This anthology offers a collection of 28 outstanding modern and contemporary plays. Introductions to each period and dramatist along with photographs and reviews give students a sense of how the plays are staged and witnessed.

Table of Contents

MODERN THEATER 1(427)
Georg Buchner
9(18)
Woyzeck
12(15)
Henry J. Schmidt
Photographs of the New York Shakespeare Festival Production
22(2)
Review of the New York Shakespeare Festival Production
24(3)
Mel Gussow
Henrik Ibsen
27(38)
A Doll's House
30(35)
Michael Meyer
Photographs of the Playhouse (Claire Bloom) Production
61(2)
Review of the Playhouse Production
63(2)
Walter Kerr
August Strindberg
65(22)
Miss Julie
68(19)
Elizabeth Sprigge
Photographs of the National Theatre Production
83(2)
Review of the National Theatre Production by the London Times Drama Critic
85(1)
Review of the National Theatre Production
85(2)
Hugh Leonard
Anton Chekhov
87(30)
The Cherry Orchard
90(27)
David Magarshack
Photographs of the Peter Brook Production
113(1)
Review of the Peter Brook Production
114(3)
Frank Rich
George Bernard Shaw
117(48)
Major Barbara
121(44)
Photographs of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
161(2)
Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
163(2)
Stanley Price
Luigi Pirandello
165(34)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
168(31)
Frederick May
Photographs of the American Conservatory Theater Production
196(2)
Review of the American Conservatory Theater Production
198(1)
Jeanne Miller
Sean O'Casey
199(32)
Juno and the Paycock
202(29)
Photographs of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
227(2)
Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
229(1)
Derek Mohon
Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
230(1)
John Elsom
Federico Garcia Lorca
231(28)
The House of Bernarda Alba
234(25)
James Graham-Lujan
Richard L. O'Connell
Photographs of the Lyric, Hammersmith, Production
254(3)
Review of the Lyric, Hammersmith, Production
257(2)
Michael Billington
Bertolt Brecht
259(32)
Galileo
262(29)
Charles Laughton
Photographs of the New York Production
287(2)
Review of the New York Production
289(2)
Irwin Shaw
Eugene O'Neill
291(44)
A Moon for the Misbegotten
294(41)
Photographs of the New York (Jose Quintero) Production
330(2)
Review of the New York Production
332(3)
Walter Kerr
Arthur Miller
335(46)
Death of a Salesman
338(43)
Photographs of the Circle in the Square (George C. Scott) Production
377(2)
Review of the Circle in the Square Production
379(2)
Walter Kerr
Tennessee Williams
381(46)
Cat On a Hot Tin Roof
384(43)
Photographs of the American Shakespeare Theater Production
422(3)
Review of the American Shakespeare Theater Production
425(2)
Clive Barnes
CONTEMPORARY THEATER 427(456)
Eugene Ionesco
433(20)
The Lesson
436(17)
Photographs of the Phoenix Theatre Production
449(2)
Review of the Phoenix Theatre Production
451(2)
Walter Kerr
Samuel Beckett
453(34)
Endgame
456(31)
Photographs of the Studio des Champs-Elysees Production
482(2)
Review of the Studio des Champs-Elysees Production
484(3)
Jacques Le Marchand
Jean M. Sommermeyer
Edward Albee
487(16)
The Zoo Story
490(13)
Photographs of the Provincetown Playhouse Production
500(2)
Review of the Provincetown Playhouse Production
502(1)
Henry Hewes
Imamu Amiri Baraka
503(14)
Dutchman
506(11)
Photograph of the Cherry Lane Theater Production
514(1)
Review of the Cherry Lane Theater Production
515(1)
Harold Clurman
Review of the Cherry Lane Theater Production
515(2)
Howard Taubman
Harold Pinter
517(36)
The Homecoming
520(33)
Photographs of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
546(2)
Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
548(1)
Walter Kerr
Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
549(4)
Richard Gilman
Tom Stoppard
553(28)
Professional Foul
556(25)
Photographs of the BBC Production
578(2)
Review of the BBC Production
580(1)
David Pryce-Jones
Maria Irene Fornes
581(24)
FEFU and Her Friends
584(21)
Photographs of the American Place Theatre Production
600(2)
Review of the American Place Theatre Production
602(3)
Erika Munk
Ntozake Shange
605(24)
Spell #7
608(21)
Photographs of the New York Shakespeare Festival Production
624(2)
Review of the New York Shakespeare Festival Production
626(3)
Richard Eder
Athol Fugard
629(26)
``Master Harold''...and the Boys
633(22)
Photographs of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production
651(1)
Review of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production
652(3)
Frank Rich
Caryl Churchill
655(34)
Top Girls
658(31)
Photographs of the Royal Court Theatre Production
686(1)
Review of the Royal Court Theatre Production
687(2)
Robert Cushman
Sam Shepard
689(24)
Fool for Love
692(21)
Photographs of the Circle Repertory Company Production
709(2)
Review of the Circle Repertory Company Production
711(2)
Frank Rich
Marsha Norman
713(26)
`Night, Mother
716(23)
Photographs of the John Golden Theater Production
734(2)
Review of the John Golden Theater Production
736(1)
Douglas Watt
Review of the John Golden Theater Production
737(2)
Frank Rich
August Wilson
739(36)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
742(33)
Photographs of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production
771(2)
Review of the Yale Repertory Theatre Production
773(2)
Frank Rich
Vaclav Havel
775(36)
Temptation
778(33)
Marie Winn
Photographs of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
808(2)
Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company Production
810(1)
Michael Billington
David Henry Hwang
811(36)
M. Butterfly
814(33)
Photographs of the New York Production
842(2)
Review of the New York Production
844(3)
Frank Rich
Timberlake Wertenbaker
847(36)
Our Country's Good
850(33)
Photographs of the Royal Court Theatre Production
879(2)
Review of the Royal Court Theatre Production
881(2)
Michael Billington
Appendix: Film and Video Productions of Plays in Modern and Contemporary Drama 883

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