Synopses & Reviews
Enhance your understanding and appreciation of theatre by going straight to the source-the play scripts! This anthology includes 15 plays that represent a wide historical range as well as the vibrant diversity of contemporary American theatre. An opening essay sets the context for each play, helping you to read with a more informed and analytical eye. The scripts also serve as a foundation that makes discussions of the various types of theatrical experience in your main text more meaningful.
Synopsis
The Tenth Edition of PLAYS FOR THEATRE continues a rich tradition of providing engaging plays for the contemporary stage. The plays provide historical and contemporary drama. PLAYS FOR THEATRE is a great companion to THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE,10e, which places these plays within historical and cultural context, providing a richer and more rewarding exploration of the people and ideas that have shaped today's theatre.
Synopsis
Enhance your course with plays in this companion anthology to THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE. The plays are correlated to synopses in the main text.
About the Author
Oscar G. Brockett will always have an international reputation as a theatre historian. A Distinguished Scholar honoree of the American Society of Theatre Research, he received career achievement awards from both the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. He was a recipient of the Robert Lewis Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre Research. After receiving his Ph.D. from Stanford University, he taught at several major American universities and at the University of Bristol in England. He has also served as President of the American Theatre Association, Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas, Editor of Theatre Journal, and on the editorial board of the "Asian Theatre Journal." He held the prestigious University of Texas Z.T. Scott Family Chair in Drama and was the Director of the Center for Dramatic and Performance Studies for several years. Dr. Brockett authored of many articles in leading journals and has written several books, including "History of the Theatre" and "The Essential Theatre." At the time of his passing, he was serving as a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Dean of the Fellows of the American Theatre. Robert J. Ball has ample experience as a successful teacher of Introduction to Theatre and Theatre Appreciation courses at a number of large and small universities, including Trinity University, the University of Texas, and Vanderbilt University. He is also a practicing actor and director with numerous professional credits in American regional theatres, as well as credits for national and international touring productions. Dr. Ball received his Ph.D. in theatre history and criticism from the University of Texas and is currently the Chair and Artistic Director of the Theatre Arts program at the University of the Incarnate Word.
Table of Contents
1. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, English Version by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. 2. Noah and His Sons by Anonymous, Edited by Oscar G. Brockett. 3. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. 4. Tartuffe by Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), Translated into English by Richard Wilbur. 5. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Translated by William Archer (with Emendations by Oscar G. Brockett). 6. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. 7. "The Hairy Ape" by Eugene O'Neill. 8. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams. 9. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson. 10. How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel. 11. Lydia by Octavio Solis. 12. Becky's New Car by Steven Dietz. 13. The Shrine in the Fields Attributed to Zeami Motokiyo. 14. The Strong Breed by Wole Soyinka.