{"product_id":"the-methuen-drama-anthology-of-susan-yankowitz-9781350068735","title":"Methuen Drama Anthology of American Women Playwrights: 1970 - 2020: Gun, Spell #7, The Jacksonian, The Baltimore Waltz, In the Blood, Intimate Apparel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In this exciting new anthology, Wesley Brown and Aim馥 K. Michel bring together six wonderfully teachable plays by some of the greatest American women dramatists of the past fifty years-- Ntozake Shange, Suzan-Lori Parks, Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, Beth Henley, and Susan Yankowitz. The editors provide a helpful Introduction to the last 100 years of theatrical activity, from suffrage and anti-lynching plays, through the explosive 1960s, to recent Broadway triumphs, highlighting women's struggle-a struggle that continues--to put their vision and voices on the American stage.\" Elin Diamond, Rutgers University, USA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book celebrates the iconoclastic power of seven American women playwrights who pushed their work outside the box of conventional drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo support student use, each play is accompanied by a short introduction. This provides the biographical background of the playwright as well as discussing the dramatic style of her writing, the extent to which her work is informed by and against the major playwrights of the period and how the specific work illustrates the overarching themes which her body of work addresses. Also covered are the historical and cultural context in which the play was presented, the feminist political context of the playwright and the performance practice of productions of the play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis anthology celebrates the iconoclastic power of seven American women playwrights who pushed their work outside the box of conventional drama. The plays and playwrights featured are: Susan Yankowitz's \u003ci\u003eGun\u003c\/i\u003e; Ntozake Shange's \u003ci\u003eSpell #7\u003c\/i\u003e; Beth Henley's \u003ci\u003eThe Jacksonian;\u003c\/i\u003e Paula Vogel's \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Waltz\u003c\/i\u003e; Suzan-Lori Parks's\u003ci\u003e In the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e; and Lynn Nottage's \u003ci\u003eIntimate Apparel\u003c\/i\u003e. The volume celebrates fifty years of playwrights who have been continuously working in, and shaping, contemporary American theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell \u0026amp; Volkening Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 135006873X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350068735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Russell \u0026 Volkening Inc","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941615698175,"sku":"9781350068735","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f681b585-2ea9-4f77-885f-b89a0cf3eac0.jpg?v=1681453956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-methuen-drama-anthology-of-susan-yankowitz-9781350068735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}