Clare Boothe Luce - A Research and Production Sourcebook

Among the most commercially successful female playwrights of all times, Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) is best remembered as the author of The Women (1936), a biting social comedy. Beginning in 1942, she spent less of her time writing plays and turned instead to the wider stage of politics and world affairs. She was the editor of Vanity Fair magazine, a congresswoman, and an ambassador to Italy during the Eisenhower administration.

This book traces her transition from playwright to politician to Catholic apologist. It uncovers for the first time plays, both early and late, that dramatize her spiritual and artistic journey. A comprehensive survey of her plays and the world's reception to them, the book provides a thorough treatment of Luce's published and unpublished work. For each play, the volume includes a plot summary, critical commentary, and production information. The book also includes an exhaustive and generously-annotated bibliography of both popular reviews and scholarly criticism.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on Codes and Numbering
Chronology
Life and Career
The Plays: Summaries and Critical Overviews
Annotated Primary Bibliography
Annotated Secondary Bibliography
Productions and Credits
Author Index
General Index

About the author

MARK FEARNOW is Professor of Theatre at the Hanover College where he teaches theatre history and playwriting. His articles have appeared in Dramatists Guild Quarterly, Journal of American Drama and Theatre, and Theatre Survey. Books by author include Clare Boothe Luce (1995).

Product details

• Authors: Mark Fearnow, Fearnow Mark
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.1995
• EAN: 9780313291784
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29178-4
• Series: Modern Dramatists Research and Production Sourcebooks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; USA, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Bibliographies, catalogues, The Arts: Drama