Weiss, Samuel A. (Samuel Abba)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Heath 1974

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Cerf, Bennett

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1958

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Bowles, Jane

Summary: Though Jane Bowles published only one novel, one play, and a handful ofstories, her genius for spare prose and vivid dialogue had an outsized influence onher contemporaries. Tennessee Williams called her "the most important writer ofprose fiction in modern American letters"; for John Ashbery she was "one of thefinest modern writers of fiction in any language." Now, on the occasion of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2017

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Steinbeck, John

Summary: Two laborers work from ranch to ranch in the Salinas Valley of the 1930s, frustrated in their hope of having a place of their own.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2009

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Mordden, Ethan

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2007

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Summary: Actors of color need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft. Roberta Uno has carefully selected monologues that represent African-American, Native American, Latino, Asian-American and other identities. Each monologue comes with an introduction and notes on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor. This new edition includes some of the most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2016

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Contents: The time of the cuckoo / by Arthur Laurents -- Bernardine / by Mary Chase -- Dial "M" for murder / by Frederick Knott -- The climate of Eden / by Moss Hart -- The love of four colonels / by Peter Ustinov -- The crucible / by Arthur Miller -- The emperor's clothes / by George Tabori -- Picnic / by William Inge -- Wonderful town / book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov ; music by Leonard...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead and Co. 1953

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Contents: Indians / Arthur Kopit -- Butterflies are free / Leonard Gershe -- Last of the red hot lovers / Neil Simon -- Child's play / Robert Marasco -- Effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds / Paul Zindel -- Applause / Betty Comden -- Company / George Furth and Stephen Sondheim -- The White House murder case / Jules Feiffer -- What the butler saw / Joe Orton -- The serpent: a ceremony /...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1970

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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann 2005

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Contents: Introduction -- Season in New York -- Season in Chicago -- Deburau / by Sacha Guitry -- First year / by Frank Craven -- Enter Madame / by Gilda Varesi and Dolly Byrne -- Green goddess / by William Archer -- Liliom / by Frank Molnar -- Mary Rose / by J.M. Barrie -- Nice people / by Rachel Crothers -- Bad man / by Porter Emerson Browne -- Emperor Jones / by Eugene G. O'Neill -- Skin game / by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Small, Maynard, & Co. 1921

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Contents: Spike heels / by Theresa Rebeck -- Jar the floor / by Cheryl L. West -- The Baltimore waltz / by Paula Vogel -- Unfinished stories / by Sybille Pearson -- What is this everything? / by Patricia Scanlon -- Joined at the head / by Catherine Butterfield.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith and Kraus 1993

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1997

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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann 2005

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Kaufman, George S. (George Simon)

Summary: Collects plays written by George Kaufman in collaboration with other writers, including "Dinner at Eight," "Animal Crackers," "Stage Door," and "You Can't Take It With You."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004

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Contents: Steel magnolias / by Robert Harling -- The Mahabharata / by Jean-Claude Carrière ; adapted into English by Peter Brook -- Into the woods / book by James Lapine ; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim -- Real estate / by Louise Page -- A walk in the woods / by Lee Blessing -- Wenceslas Square / by Larry Shue -- M. Butterfly / by David Henry Hwang -- Joe Turner's come and gone / by August Wilson...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1989

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Publisher / Publication Date: Meriwether Pub. 2003

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Christie, Agatha

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Publisher / Publication Date: S. French 1961

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Mantle, Burns

Contents: Introduction -- Season in review -- Abraham Lincoln / John Drinkwater -- Beyond the horizon / Eugene O'Neill -- Famous Mrs. Fair / James Forbes -- Declassee / Zoe Akins -- Jane Clegg / St. John Ervine -- Jest / Sem Benelli (American adaptation by Edward Sheldon) -- Wedding bells / Salisbury Field -- Mamma's affair / Rachel Barton Butler -- Adam and Eva / Guy Bolton and George Middleton --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Small, Maynard & Co. 1920

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Contents: Road / Jim Cartwright -- The cocktail hour / A.R. Gurney -- Eastern standard / Richard Greenberg -- Emerald city / David Williamson --The Heidi chronicles / Wendy Wasserstein -- Other people's money / Jerry Sterner -- Shirley Valentine / Willy Russell -- Gus and Al / Albert Innaurato -- Lend me a tenor / Ken Ludwig -- Aristocrats / Brian Friel -- Special citation of choreography: Jerome...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1989

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Summary: Actors of color need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft. Roberta Uno has carefully selected monologues that represent African-American, Native American, Latino, Asian-American and other identities. Each monologue comes with an introduction and notes on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor. This new edition includes some of the most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Routlege 2016

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Stoppard, Tom.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1991

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Contents: Introduction -- Season in New York -- Season in Chicago -- Little theater tournament -- Show-off / by George Kelly -- Hell-bent fer heaven / by Hatcher Hughes -- Swan / by Ferencz Molnar ; tr. by M.P. Baker -- Outward bound / by Sutton Vane -- Goose hangs high / by Lewis Beach -- Beggar on horseback / by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly -- Changelings / by Lee Wilson Dodd -- Sun-up / by Lula...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Small, Maynard & Co. 1924

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Contents: Introduction -- Season in New York -- Season in Chicago -- Season in San Francisco -- Season in Southern California -- Street scene / by Elmer Rice -- Journey's end / R.C. Sherriff -- Wings over Europe / Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne -- Holiday / by Philip Barry -- Front page / by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur -- Let us be gay / by Rachel Crothers -- Machinal / by Sophie Treadwell --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead 1929

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