100 Greatest American Plays

Informationen zum Autor Thomas S. Hischak is an internationally recognized writer and teacher in the performing arts and the author of thirty-eight published plays that are performed in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. He is emeritus professor of theatre at the State University of New York College at Cortland, a Fulbright scholar, and the author of twenty-six nonfiction books about theatre, film, and popular music, including The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia (2007), The Oxford Companion to the American Musical (2008), and Musicals in Film: A Guide to the Genre (2016). Hischak is also the author of The Encyclopedia of Film Composers (2015) and Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts, Second Edition (2016), both published by Rowman & Littlefield. Klappentext 100 Greatest American Plays is the 1st book on the 100 greatest American, non-musical plays. Arranged alphabetically, each entry covers each play extensively including the plot, the production history, a summary of the critical reaction, its influence and long-range effects, cast lists of notable stage and film versions, and a playwright biography. Zusammenfassung 100 Greatest American Plays is the 1st book on the 100 greatest American! non-musical plays. Arranged alphabetically! each entry covers each play extensively including the plot! the production history! a summary of the critical reaction! its influence and long-range effects! cast lists of notable stage and film versions! and a playwright biography.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas S. Hischak, Hischak Thomas S.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781442256057
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5605-7
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Literaturwissenschaft, Theater, Englisch, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, English, Kreatives Schreiben, Handbücher, Literaturwissenschaft: Nachschlagewerke, DRAMA / General, Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher, Drama / Theater, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography, United States of America, USA, Plays, Playscripts