American dramatists in the 21st century : Opening doors / Christopher Bigsby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bigsby, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

USA--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen Drama, 2023.

System Details:

text file

HTML/PDF

Summary:

In American Dramatists in the 21st Century: Opening Doors, Christopher Bigsby examines the careers of seven award-winning playwrights: David Adjmi, Julia Cho, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Will Eno, Martyna Majok, Dominique Morisseau and Anna Ziegler. In addition to covering all their plays, including several as yet unpublished, he notes their critical reception while drawing on their own commentary on their approach to writing and the business of developing a career. The writers studied come from a diverse range of racial, religious and immigrant backgrounds. Five of the seven are women. Together, they open doors on a changing theatre and a changing America, as ever concerned with identity, both personal and national. This is the third in a series of books which, together, have explored the work of twenty-four American playwrights who have emerged in the current century..

Contents:

Introduction 1. David Adjmi: The Outsider 2. Julia Cho: Love, Loss and Memory 3. Jackie Sibblies Drury: Staging Race 4. Will Eno: A Touch of Beckett 5. Martyna Majok: On Displacement 6. Dominique Morisseau: The Poet of Detroit 7. Anna Ziegler: Time Passing Index .

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781350340510

1350340510

9781350340503

1350340502

9781350340497

1350340499

OCLC:

1368046426