WELCOME ENG 459: Modern American Drama END-USERS!
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Please click on any of these helpful numbered links:
- Speak or write as a seasoned drama critic: consult McGraw-Hill's online Glossary of Drama Terms.
- Download or view online this fact sheet to help with your reading or writing about literature/drama.
- Learn about major playwrights and the 20th century development of the theatre!
- Scan the website of The Thornton Wilder Society to gather bio information on Wilder [1897-1975] and critical reviews of his work.
- Find facts, the backstory, interviews, and inspiration from A Companion
Guide for Teachers to accompany the PBS Masterpiece Theatre production of
Wilder's quintessential American play Our Town [1938].
- Get a scene-by-scene synopsis, a bio of playwright Tennessee Williams [1911-1983], and key quotes from 1947's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, A Streetcar Named Desire.
- See a general summary, learn about the characters, consider the main themes, and explore other relevant links concerning A Streetcar Named Desire [1947].
- Check out the eoneill.com electronic archive for anything about Eugene O'Neill [1888-1953]!
- Peruse the reviews--and see artifacts--surrounding the USA opening of O'Neill's posthumously published, autobiographical masterpiece Long Day's Journey into Night [debuted in USA on 7 November 1956].
- Marvel at this incomparable website that contains background details on Edward Albee [b. 1928] and his avant-garde, Pulitzer Prize-denied play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?[opened 13 October 1962].
- Explore FAQs and some of the issues raised by the provocative playGlengarry Glen Ross, written in 1984 by the talented American playwright David Mamet [b.1947].
- Join in learning about playwright August Wilson [1945-2005] and his 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Piano Lesson [1987; opened on Broadway in 1990].
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