Theater Books
2 Plays by Jon Robin Baitz
1991 (Fireside Theater)
Call #: PS3552.A393
The Substance of Fire & The Film Society
The Substance of Fire & The Film Society [less]
2 Queensland One Act Plays
1988 (Playlab Press)
Call #: PR9619.3
Vacancy by Ron Hamilton, Churchyard by Paul Collings
Vacancy by Ron Hamilton, Churchyard by Paul Collings [less]
3 Plays: Striptease, Tango, Vatzlov
1981 92 Pages (Grove Pr)
Call #: PG7172.R65 A2
LCCN: 81047635 ISBN 13: 9780394179339 ISBN 10: 0394179331
Striptease, Tango, Vatzlav: 3 Plays By Poland's Leading Contemporary Playwright, by Mrozek, Slawomir
Striptease, Tango, Vatzlav: 3 Plays By Poland's Leading Contemporary Playwright, by Mrozek, Slawomir [less]
3 Tragedies
1955 202 Pages (New Directions)
Call #: PQ6613.A763
LCCN: 47011626 ISBN 13: 9780811200929 ISBN 10: 0811200922
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4 Plays by S. N. Behrman
1952 370 Pages (Random House)
Call #: PS3503.E37 F6
LCCN: 55008150
Second man. Biography. Rain from heaven. End of summer. [...]
Second man.
Biography.
Rain from heaven.
End of summer. [less]
5 Plays by Ronald Ribman
1978 (Avon Books)
Call #: PS3568.I2
Harry noon and night, the tourney of the fifth horse, the ceremony of innocence, the poison tree, Cold storage
Harry noon and night, the tourney of the fifth horse, the ceremony of innocence, the poison tree, Cold storage [less]
5 Television Plays
1994 224 Pages (Grove Press)
Call #: PS3563.A4345
LCCN: 89025661 ISBN 13: 9780802131713 ISBN 10: 0802131719
Five unique short plays for television by one of America’s most celebrated playwrights. A 'Waitress in Yellowstone' (or: 'Always Tell the Truth') is a parable about an honest waitress and a corrupt congressman. In Bradford, a new police chief arriving in a small New England town is plunged into the midst of its cozy secrets and uncovers the truth behind his predecessor's mysterious fatal hunting accident. The Museum of Science and Industry Story is a fantasy about the adventures of a man [...]
Five unique short plays for television by one of America’s most celebrated playwrights. A 'Waitress in Yellowstone' (or: 'Always Tell the Truth') is a parable about an honest waitress and a corrupt congressman. In Bradford, a new police chief arriving in a small New England town is plunged into the midst of its cozy secrets and uncovers the truth behind his predecessor's mysterious fatal hunting accident. The Museum of Science and Industry Story is a fantasy about the adventures of a man locked in a museum overnight. A Wasted Weekend is a 1987 episode of Hill Street Blues focusing on four cops and their ill-fated hunting trip. In We Will Take You There, Danny and Mike, partners in an unusual taxi service to the wilds,” offer themselves as guides to the most remote areas of the world.Displaying Mamet’s characteristic ear for language and unsettling moral vision, these plays are among his darkest, funniest, and most entertaining.Includes:'A Waitress in Yellowstone' (or: 'Always Tell the Truth')'Bradford''The Museum of Science and Industry Story''A Wasted Weekend''We Will Take You There' [less]
5th of July
1979 128 Pages (Hill and Wang)
Call #: PS3573.I458 F5
LCCN: 78026477 ISBN 13: 9780809044559 ISBN 10: 0809044552
Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggles to find meaning in his life. As he contemplates selling the farmhouse, old friends and family members descend for a vacation. A bittersweet portrait of the rock n roll generation at the precise moment they realize the fireworks ended yesterday. A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: J.D. Cullom, Michael Gladis, Lola Glaudini, [...]
Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggles to find meaning in his life. As he contemplates selling the farmhouse, old friends and family members descend for a vacation. A bittersweet portrait of the rock n roll generation at the precise moment they realize the fireworks ended yesterday. A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: J.D. Cullom, Michael Gladis, Lola Glaudini, Sarah Hagan, Marin Hinkle, Jay Paulson, Matt Roth and Claudette Southerland. [less]
5th of July
1978 (Dramatists Play Service)
Call #: PS3573.I458 F5
a play in two acts
a play in two acts [less]
6 Rms Riv Vu
1973 72 Pages (Nelson Doubleday)
Call #: PS3568.A489 B7
LCCN: 74195937 ISBN 13: 9780573615450 ISBN 10: 0573615454
a comedy
a comedy [less]
7 Different Plays
1988 (Broadway Play Pub)
Call #: PS634
ISBN 13: 9780881450514 ISBN 10: 0881450510
Book by Wellman
Book by Wellman [less]
10 Classic Mystery and Suspense Plays of the Modern Theatre
1973 887 Pages (Dodd Mead)
Call #: PR1259.D4 R55
LCCN: 72007755 ISBN 13: 9780396067078 ISBN 10: 0396067077
Christie, A. Ten little Indians.--Hayes, J. The desperate hours.--Roffey, J. Hostile witness.--Chodorov, E. Kind lady.--Archibald, W. The innocents.--Williams, E. Night must fall.--Priestley, J. B. An inspector calls.--Job, T. Uncle Harry.--Percy, E. and Denham, R. Ladies in retirement.--Cohan, G. M. Seven keys to Baldpate.
Christie, A. Ten little Indians.--Hayes, J. The desperate hours.--Roffey, J. Hostile witness.--Chodorov, E. Kind lady.--Archibald, W. The innocents.--Williams, E. Night must fall.--Priestley, J. B. An inspector calls.--Job, T. Uncle Harry.--Percy, E. and Denham, R. Ladies in retirement.--Cohan, G. M. Seven keys to Baldpate. [less]
13 by Shanley Collected Plays volume one
1992 (Applause Books)
Call #: PS3569.H3337
Danny and the deep blue sea, Welcome to the moon, The Red Coat, Down and out, Let us Go out into the starry night, Out West, A Lonley Impulse of Delight, Welcome to the moon, Savage in Limbo, Women of Manhattan, the dreamer examines his pillow, An Italian American Reconciliation, The Big Funk, Beggars in the House of Plenty
Danny and the deep blue sea, Welcome to the moon, The Red Coat, Down and out, Let us Go out into the starry night, Out West, A Lonley Impulse of Delight, Welcome to the moon, Savage in Limbo, Women of Manhattan, the dreamer examines his pillow, An Italian American Reconciliation, The Big Funk, Beggars in the House of Plenty [less]
13 Rue De L'amour
2009 132 Pages (Samuel French, Inc.)
Call #: PS3557.R3752 T5
LCCN: 87116159 ISBN 13: 9780573616532 ISBN 10: 0573616531
Full Length, Farce/ 5 m, 3 f, extras / 2 ints. Here is the hilarious frolic that launched Feydeau in Paris as the Neil Simon of his day. Take one philandering husband; add his virtuous wife set on revenge, and a doctor determined to be her instrument of revenge; mix well with the husband's friend who is eager to trap his spouse in flagrante delicto and a young nephew with a cocotte to round out his education; toss them together at 13 Rue de L'Amour where a love starved German countess is the [...]
Full Length, Farce/ 5 m, 3 f, extras / 2 ints. Here is the hilarious frolic that launched Feydeau in Paris as the Neil Simon of his day. Take one philandering husband; add his virtuous wife set on revenge, and a doctor determined to be her instrument of revenge; mix well with the husband's friend who is eager to trap his spouse in flagrante delicto and a young nephew with a cocotte to round out his education; toss them together at 13 Rue de L'Amour where a love starved German countess is the concierge; season with a befuddled police inspector and a perky French maid. "The best laid plans for vice and sin go wildly and wonderfully astray."-Seattle Times "Very stuff of comedy whirled around with happy dexterity."-NY Post "Classic farce... thoroughly worth seeing."-NY Times "Indecently funny."-Time ROYALTY FEE: $75 per performance. [less]
15 International One-Act Plays
1969 385 Pages (Washington Square Press)
Call #: PN6112.G36
LCCN: 72004287 ISBN 13: 9780671468682 ISBN 10: 0671468685
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20 One-Act Plays from 20 Years of the Humana Festival
1995 374 Pages (Smith & Kraus Pub Inc)
Call #: PS627.O53 A14
LCCN: 95045877 ISBN 13: 9781880399989 ISBN 10: 1880399989
20 One-Act Plays chosen from 20 years of the Humana Festival. This collection includes work by : Jane Anderson, Lanford Wilson, Neal Bell, Kevin Kling, Marion McClinton and Jeffrey Sweet.
20 One-Act Plays chosen from 20 years of the Humana Festival. This collection includes work by : Jane Anderson, Lanford Wilson, Neal Bell, Kevin Kling, Marion McClinton and Jeffrey Sweet. [less]
24 Favorite One Act Plays
1963 560 Pages (Broadway Books)
Call #: PS634
LCCN: 58013274 ISBN 13: 9780385066174 ISBN 10: 0385066171
Two dozen classic dramas by some of the finest and most famous playwrights of the last hundred years--Anton Chekhov, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, and A.A. Milne.
Two dozen classic dramas by some of the finest and most famous playwrights of the last hundred years--Anton Chekhov, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, and A.A. Milne. [less]
24 Hours PM.
1998 72 Pages (Dramatists Play Service, Inc.)
Call #: PS3550.A1 A14
ISBN 13: 9780822211785 ISBN 10: 0822211785
Book annotation not available for this title.Title: 24 Hours PmAuthor: Hailey, OliverPublisher: Dramatist's Play ServicePublication Date: 1983/10/01Number of Pages: Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress:
Book annotation not available for this title.Title: 24 Hours PmAuthor: Hailey, OliverPublisher: Dramatist's Play ServicePublication Date: 1983/10/01Number of Pages: Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: [less]
24 hours--am
1983 64 Pages (Dramatists Play Service)
Call #: PS3550.A1 A13
LCCN: 83174648
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27 Wagons Full of Cotton
1966 238 Pages (New Directions)
Call #: PS3545.I5365 T9
ISBN 13: 9780811202251 ISBN 10: 0811202259
The thirteen one-act plays collected in this volume include some of Tennessee Williams's finest and most powerful work.They are full of the perception of life as it is, and the passion for life as it ought to be, which have made The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire classics of the American theater. Only one of these plays (The Purification) is written in verse, but in all of them the approach to character is by way of poetic revelation. Whether Williams is writing of derelict roomers [...]
The thirteen one-act plays collected in this volume include some of Tennessee Williams's finest and most powerful work.They are full of the perception of life as it is, and the passion for life as it ought to be, which have made The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire classics of the American theater. Only one of these plays (The Purification) is written in verse, but in all of them the approach to character is by way of poetic revelation. Whether Williams is writing of derelict roomers in a New Orleans boarding house (The Lady of Larkspur Lotion) or the memories of a venerable traveling salesman (The Last of My Solid Gold Watches) or of delinquent children (This Property is Condemned), his insight into human nature is that of the poet. He can compress the basic meaning of life—its pathos or its tragedy, its bravery or the quality of its love—into one small scene or a few moments of dialogue. Mr. Williams's views on the role of the little theater in American culture are contained in a stimulating essay, "Something wild...," which serves as an introduction to this collection. [less]
100 Great Plays for Women
2014 224 Pages (Nick Hern Books)
Call #: PS627.W66
ISBN 13: 9781848421851 ISBN 10: 1848421850
"A gem of a book Lucy Kerbel has done hard-working directors and artistic directors, of spaces large and small, a great service." - Kate Mosse, from her foreword.Lucy Kerbel's 100 Great Plays for Women is an inspiring guide to a hundred plays that put female performers center stage, dispelling the myth that There just aren’t any good plays for women’. With a foreword by Kate Mosse.Women buy the majority of theatre tickets, make up half the acting profession, and are often the largest cohort [...]
"A gem of a book Lucy Kerbel has done hard-working directors and artistic directors, of spaces large and small, a great service." - Kate Mosse, from her foreword.Lucy Kerbel's 100 Great Plays for Women is an inspiring guide to a hundred plays that put female performers center stage, dispelling the myth that There just aren’t any good plays for women’. With a foreword by Kate Mosse.Women buy the majority of theatre tickets, make up half the acting profession, and are often the largest cohort of any youth theatre or drama club. And yet they have traditionally been underrepresented on stage. 100 Great Plays for Women seeks to address this gap by celebrating the wealth of drama available for women to perform.Theatre director Lucy Kerbel’s myth-busting book features compact and insightful introductions to 100 plays, each of which has an entirely or predominantly female cast, with the female characters taking an equal or decisive role in driving the on-stage action. Also included are ten plays for solo female performers.The result is a personal but wide-ranging reappraisal of the theatrical canon, a snapshot of the very best writing from ancient times right up to the present day that has female protagonists at its heart.A fascinating mixture of familiar and less well-known works dealing with a broad range of themes, it is an essential resource for all directors and producers looking for plays to stage, writers seeking inspiration and actors trying to track down a new audition piece. It is also an exciting provocation that will have readers, both male and female, championing their own personal favorites.The book is the culmination of a project by Tonic Theatre and the National Theatre Studio. Tonic Theatre was founded by Lucy Kerbel in 2011 to support the theatre industry in achieving greater gender equality in its workforces and repertoires; it partners with leading theatre companies around the UK on a range of projects, schemes and creative works. The National Theatre Studio provides support and resources for both emerging and established theatre-makers of outstanding talent, and contributes to the National’s ongoing search for and training of new artists. [less]
100 Neo-Futurist Plays: From Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)
2011 192 Pages (Hope and Nonthings)
Call #: PS627.O53
ISBN 13: 9780981564340 ISBN 10: 0981564348
This collection of 100 short (very short) plays from The Neo-Futurists’ acclaimed cult hit Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind was originally published by Chicago Plays in 1993. The show presents 30 plays in 60 minutes, its ensemble of writer/performers generating between two and 12 new plays each week, as dictated by a roll of the dice. The material runs the gamut of style, tone, and topic: musical, confession, agit-prop, poetic gesture, physical comedy, puppet theater, audience [...]
This collection of 100 short (very short) plays from The Neo-Futurists’ acclaimed cult hit Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind was originally published by Chicago Plays in 1993. The show presents 30 plays in 60 minutes, its ensemble of writer/performers generating between two and 12 new plays each week, as dictated by a roll of the dice. The material runs the gamut of style, tone, and topic: musical, confession, agit-prop, poetic gesture, physical comedy, puppet theater, audience interrogation, folk song, sex joke, and many more. The plays are funny, moving, challenging, powerful, and occasionally just plain weird. There is no fourth wall in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind the show embraces the ideal that theater is created in the connection between audience and performer. Randomness, dynamism, speed, brevity, and planned obsolescence are celebrated and exploited to engage and refresh all participants. The plays stand as an entertaining document of the show's output, and they are ideal for scene study, auditions, and competitions. [less]
1940's Radio Hour, The
1988 93 Pages (Samuel French Inc Plays)
Call #: ML50.Z99 A11
LCCN: 88144543 ISBN 13: 9780573681509 ISBN 10: 0573681503
Terrific musical play set in the 1940's in a radio station at Christmas time. Here is the list of musical numbers: List of Musical Numbers "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" - Clifton, Chorus "Pepsi Cola" - Neal, B.J., Connie, Ginger (with sounds performed by Lou) "Hey Daddy" - Connie, The Band "Love Is Here to Stay" - Johnny "That Old Black Magic" - Ann "Ain't She Sweet" - Biff, All "How About You?" - B.J., Connie "Blue Moon" - Neal "Chiquita Banana" - All Girls "Rose of the Rio Grande" - Geneva, [...]
Terrific musical play set in the 1940's in a radio station at Christmas time. Here is the list of musical numbers: List of Musical Numbers "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" - Clifton, Chorus "Pepsi Cola" - Neal, B.J., Connie, Ginger (with sounds performed by Lou) "Hey Daddy" - Connie, The Band "Love Is Here to Stay" - Johnny "That Old Black Magic" - Ann "Ain't She Sweet" - Biff, All "How About You?" - B.J., Connie "Blue Moon" - Neal "Chiquita Banana" - All Girls "Rose of the Rio Grande" - Geneva, Men & The Band "I'll Never Smile Again" - Johnny, Quintet (Neal, B.J., Ann, Ginger, Connie) "At Last" - Geneva, Band "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - B.J., Connie, Ginger "Blues in the Night" - Ginger, Men "Jingle Bells" - All (except Johnny) "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" - Geneva "You Go to My Head" - B.J. "The Five O'Clock Whistle" - Connie, The Band "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Ann "Strike Up The Band" - Full Company "I'll Be Seeing You" - Full Company "Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade" - Full Company [less]
A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh
1957 (Dramatic Pub. Co.)
Call #: PR6025.I65
LCCN: 64045270
A Play in Three Acts
A Play in Three Acts [less]
A-- My Name is Alice
1985 72 Pages (Avon Books)
Call #: ML50.S5636 A2
LCCN: 84045877 ISBN 13: 9780573681776 ISBN 10: 0573681775
the script
the script [less]
Abraham Lincoln
1919 (Houghton Mifflin company)
Call #: PR6007.R5 A7
A Play with an introduction by Arnold Bennett
A Play with an introduction by Arnold Bennett [less]
Absent Friends
2017 102 Pages (Samuel French Ltd)
Call #: PR6051.Y35 A63
LCCN: 76366040 ISBN 13: 9780573013317 ISBN 10: 0573013314
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancée so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are on edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease: Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband are perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross-marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts [...]
Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancée so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are on edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease: Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband are perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross-marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts dramatically with his air of cheerful relaxation. He is the only happy one among them and his happiness and insensitive analyses of their troubles causes each of them to break down. [less]
Absurd Person Singular
1973 74 Pages (Samuel French Limited)
Call #: PR6051.Y35 A65
LCCN: 74170758 ISBN 13: 9780573010255 ISBN 10: 0573010250
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Absurd Person Singular
1974 (Nelson Doubleday)
Call #: PR6051.Y35 A65
a play
a play [less]
AC/DC & The Local Stigmatic
1973 (Library of America, The)
Call #: PR6073.I4278 A63
LCCN: 72009735 ISBN 13: 9780670102228 ISBN 10: 0670102229
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Acrobats Of The Soul: Comedy & Virtuosity in Contemporary American Theatre
1988 179 Pages (Theatre Communications Group)
Call #: PN1955.J46
LCCN: 88012394 ISBN 13: 9780930452728 ISBN 10: 0930452720
Ron Jenkins holds a doctorate from Harvard and a masters in buffoonery from the Ringling Brothers Clown College. His translations of Dario Fo and Hoshua Sobol have been performed at theatres around the country. He is the author of Dario Fo and Franca Rame: Artful Laughter and is the chair and artistic director of the theatre department at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
Ron Jenkins holds a doctorate from Harvard and a masters in buffoonery from the Ringling Brothers Clown College. His translations of Dario Fo and Hoshua Sobol have been performed at theatres around the country. He is the author of Dario Fo and Franca Rame: Artful Laughter and is the chair and artistic director of the theatre department at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. [less]
Across Oka
1989 48 Pages (Heinemann)
Call #: PR6058.O4535
ISBN 13: 9780413193605 ISBN 10: 0413193608
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Acting is believing: A basic method
1975 248 Pages (Holt, Rinehart and Winston)
Call #: PN2061.M18
LCCN: 2008935257 ISBN 13: 9780030895685 ISBN 10: 0030895685
acting is believing is organizd in three parts-: the actor and himself", the actor and the play:,and "the actor and the production" and continue to give primary emphasis to those aspects of actor training that have to do with the development skills.
acting is believing is organizd in three parts-: the actor and himself", the actor and the play:,and "the actor and the production" and continue to give primary emphasis to those aspects of actor training that have to do with the development skills. [less]
Acting: The First Six Lessons
2016 122 Pages (watchmaker Publishing)
Call #: PN2061.B55
LCCN: 33027079
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actor at work, The
1994 268 Pages (Prentice Hall)
Call #: PN2061.B39
LCCN: 93016737
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actor prepares, An
295 Pages (Theatre Arts Books)
Call #: PN2062.S7313
LCCN: 74189392
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