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Contemporary dramatists / editor, Thomas Riggs ; preface to the third edition, Ruby Cohn ; preface to the fifth edition, Michael Billington ; preface to the sixth edition, Colin Chambers.
LIBRA PR737 .C57 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary writers of the English language
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--20th century--Bio-bibliography.
- English drama.
- American drama--20th century--Bio-bibliography.
- American drama.
- English drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- American drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- Dramatists, English--20th century--Biography.
- Dramatists, English.
- Dramatists, American--20th century--Biography.
- Dramatists, American.
- Genre:
- Bio-bibliography.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 891 pages ; 29 cm.
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. James Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- Readers interested in or studying the art of drama must have a thorough and easily accessible reference to the masters of the craft. In one complete volume, Contemporary Dramatists presents, in rich detail, 450 of the most famous living playwrights in the English language.
- Entries in this fully revised and updated 6th edition include biographies, bibliographies and critical essays on the most-studied dramatists, with 90 completely new entrants. The entries have been selected by internationally known critics, scholars and writers. You'll find John Robin Baitz, Martin Crimp, Hannie Rayson, Barney Simon and many others among the playwrights included.
- Notes:
- Includes title index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 155862371X
- OCLC:
- 40428652
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