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Zusatztext [Each play] is superb and the whole volume should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in American politics and wider social studies. Informationen zum Autor Peter Goodchild (born 1939) is a British writer and television producer. He is known for several plays (including his 1958 three-act Secretary Trouble) and for his editing work on the pioneering BBC show Horizon, with which he worked from 1965 to 1975. He later produced a TV series and biography on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who worked on the first atom bomb. Klappentext A unique play anthology featuring five gripping docudramas originally commissioned by L.A. Theatre Works that each explore pivotal moments in 20th century U.S history. With ensemble casts and innovative staging potential these plays are perfect for theatre companies, schools and educational groups looking to stage familiar historical stories in new and original ways. Each play is accompanied by dramaturgical notes that help contextualize and analyze both the events themselves and the dramatic form in which they are presented. The scripts included are: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial by Peter Goodchild The Real Dr. Strangelove by Peter Goodchild RFK: The Journey to Justice by Murray Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin The Chicago Conspiracy Trial by Peter Goodchild Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons (Winner of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Best Live Entertainment Award, 1992) As well as five scripts this anthology includes a foreword by Professor Michael Hackett, professor of directing and theatre history at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Zusammenfassung A unique play anthology featuring five gripping docudramas originally commissioned by L.A. Theatre Works that each explore pivotal moments in 20th century U.S history. With ensemble casts and innovative staging potential these plays are perfect for theatre companies, schools and educational groups looking to stage familiar historical stories in new and original ways. Each play is accompanied by dramaturgical notes that help contextualize and analyze both the events themselves and the dramatic form in which they are presented. The scripts included are: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial by Peter Goodchild The Real Dr. Strangelove by Peter Goodchild RFK: The Journey to Justice by Murray Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin The Chicago Conspiracy Trial by Peter Goodchild Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons (Winner of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Best Live Entertainment Award, 1992) As well as five scripts this anthology includes a foreword by Professor Michael Hackett, professor of directing and theatre history at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction by Michael Hackett The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial by Peter Goodchild Script Producing Director Note by Susan Loewenberg Playwright Peter Goodchild’s program note The Real Dr. Strangelove by Peter Goodchild Script Program note by playwright Peter Goodchild Producing Director Note by Susan Loewenberg Interview with Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Making of the Atomic Bomb RFK: The Journey to Justice by Murray Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin Script Dramaturgical note by Elizabeth Bennett Producing Director Note by Susan Loewenberg Interview with longtime Kennedy confidante Father Ted Hesburgh (deceased), former President of Notre Dame University The Chicago Conspiracy Trial by Peter Goodchild Script Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons Script Producing Director Note by Susan Loewenberg
