The Collected Shorter Plays of Samuel Beckett

Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802198465
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
Samuel Beckett, the great minimalist master and winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature, has produced some of his most widely praised work for the stage in the form of the shorter play. This complete and definitive collection of twenty-five plays and "playlets" includes Beckett's celebrated Krapp's Last Tape, Embers, Cascando, Play, Eh Joe, Not I, and Footfalls, as well as his mimes, all his radio and television plays, his screenplay for Film, his adaptation of Robert Pignet's The Old Tune, and more recent Catastrophe, What Where, Quad, and Night and Dreams. Includes: All That Fall Act Without Words I Act Without Words II Krapp's Last Tape Rough for Theatre I Rough for Theatre II Embers Rough for Radio I Rough for Radio II Words and Music Cascando Play Film The Old Tune Come and Go Eh Joe Breath Not I That Time Footfalls Ghost Trio …but the clouds… A Piece of Monologue Rockaby Ohio Impromptu Quad Catastrophe Nacht und Träume What Where

The Collected Shorter Plays

Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802144381
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
Collects over twenty short plays published by the Nobel Prize winning playwright Samuel Beckett. Includes his mimes, radio and television plays, screenplay, and adaptations of other's works.

Collected Shorter Plays

Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780394620985
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
'Beckett reduces life, perception, and writing to barest minimums: a few dimly seen, struggling torsos; a hopeless intelligence compulsively seeking to come to terms, in rudimentary yet endlessly varied language, with the human condition they represent. Within these extraordinary limitations, Beckett's verbal ability nonetheless generates great intensity.'--Library Journal

The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder

Author: Thornton Wilder
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559361316
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 358

Book Description
Volume One of the collected short plays by one of the greatest American playwrights of the Twentieth Century.

Collected Shorter Plays

Author: Eugene O'Neill
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030010779X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
O'Neill's themes and concerns find expression in his one-act plays which are the dramatic equivalent of short stories. Here are nine one-act plays that span the playwright's career.

The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder

Author: Thornton Wilder
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559361484
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Volume II of Wilder's collected plays includes "The Angel That Troubled the Waters, Our Century, The Unerring Instinct", and "The Alcestiad, or a Life in the Sun", a little-known retelling of an ancient Greek legend.

Goldberg Street

Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802151049
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Brief plays and sketches deal with the relationship between men and women, the past, communication, country life, and mortality.

Small Packages

Author: Wendy MacLeod
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
From the mind of the writer of The House of Yes and Juvenilia comes this exciting new collection of short plays. With characters ranging from a smooth talking salesman (Snake Oil) to a group of downtrodden college baseball players (Division III), each play features the unique wit and wordplay of celebrated playwright Wendy MacLeod.

Laugh Lines

Author: Eric Lane
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307487326
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 528

Book Description
This one-of-a-kind anthology features thirty-six hilarious short plays by major American playwrights and emerging new voices, all guaranteed to send readers and audiences into peals of laughter. From the surrealistic wit of Steve Martin's "The Zig-Zag Woman" to the biting political satire of Steven Dietz's "The Spot," from Christopher Durang's wonderfully loopy "Wanda's Visit" to Shel Silverstein's supremely twisted "The Best Daddy," there's something in here to make everyone laugh. There are plays for casts of all sizes, from monologues to large ensembles, with diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. Even the titles are funny: Mark O'Donnell's "There Shall Be No Bottom (a bad play for worse actors)," Elaine May's "The Way of All Fish," and Alan Ball's "Your Mother's Butt." A bonanza for theatergoers, performers, and comedy fans, Laugh Lines will bring down the house. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Short Plays

Author: Michelle Ashton
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 024439055X
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description
Good Hidings: Kate is flying the nest for pastures new, but how far can the apple actually fall from the tree? The play tracks the life of one ordinary family as they struggle with growing up, coming out, and clocking in. FINE: In the confines of Will's office, Lucy is encouraged to be honest about herself; but how much should we reveal to other people? And what happens when the safety of the office walls is removed? The Stars are Made of Concrete: Adam has never had a job. He is deemed lazy and useless; but when his mum, Bev, is made redundant, the tables are turned. As Adam struggles to start a life with his new family, Bev is left wondering, "If we're all in this together, why do I feel so alone?"