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Theatre: Playwrights and Playwriting

Playwrights and Playwriting

The books on this page are just a selection of those available at the Standish Library. Take a moment and browse.

Playwriting: Books

The following are just a selection of books about playwriting available from the Standish Library.

The Collaborative Playwright by Michele Volansky; Bruce Graham
Call Number: PN 1661 .G67 2007
ISBN: 9780325009957
Publication Date: 2007
The Crafty Art of Playmaking by Alan Ayckbourn
Call Number: PN 2053 .A95 2003
ISBN: 1403962294
Publication Date: 2003
Conversations with Stoppard by Mel Gussow; Tom Stoppard (Featuring)
Call Number: PR 6069 .T6 Z464 1996
ISBN: 0802134688
Publication Date: 1996
I Ain't Sorry for Nothin' I Done by Joan Herrington
Call Number: PS 3573 .I45677 Z68 1998
ISBN: 0879102705
Publication Date: 1998
In Their Own Words by David Savran
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 0930452690
Publication Date: 1988
Library also owns print copy in the circulating collection: PS 352 .S28 1988. Check Library's catalog for complete record.
Playwrights Teach Playwriting by Joan Herrington (Editor); Crystal Brian (Editor)
Call Number: PN1661 .P628 2006
ISBN: 9781575254234
Publication Date: 2006
Speaking on Stage by Philip C. Kolin (Editor); Colby H. Kullman (Editor)
Call Number: PS 352 .S64 1996
ISBN: 0817307966
Publication Date: 1996

Biography, Autobiography, Memoirs

Ben Jonson by Ian Donaldson
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9780198129769
Publication Date: 2012
Library also owns print copy in the circulating collection: PR 2631 .D66 2011
Cousins by Athol Fugard
Call Number: PR 9369.3.F8 Z464 1997
ISBN: 1559361328
Publication Date: 1997
A remarkable memoir of the author's coming of age as a writer.
A Difficult Woman: the Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman by Alice Kessler-Harris
Call Number: PS 3515.E343 Z74 2012
ISBN: 9781596913639
Publication Date: 2012
Edward Albee by Mel Gussow
Call Number: PS 3551.L25 Z684 1999
ISBN: 0684802783
Publication Date: 1999
Havel: a Life by Michael antovský
Call Number: DB 2241.H38 Z36 2014
ISBN: 9780802123152
Publication Date: 2014
Henrik Ibsen - The Man and the Mask by Ivo de Figueiredo
Call Number: PT 8890 .F513 2019
ISBN: 9780300208818
Publication Date: 2019
Horton Foote by Wilborn Hampton
Call Number: PS3 511.O344 Z63 2009
ISBN: 9781416566403
Publication Date: 2009
John Osborne: the Many Lives of the Angry Young Man by John Heilpern
Call Number: PR 6065.S18 Z676 2007
ISBN: 9780375403156
Publication Date: 2007
Looking for Lorraine by Imani Perry
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9780807064498
Publication Date: 2018
Lost in Language and Sound by Ntozake Shange
Call Number: PS 3569.H3324 Z46 2011
ISBN: 9780312206161
Publication Date: 2011
Memoirs by Tennessee Williams
Call Number: PS 3545.I5365 Z52
ISBN: 0385005733
Publication Date: 1975
Moss Hart by Jared Brown
Call Number: PS 3515.A7943 Z47 2006
ISBN: 0823078906
Publication Date: 2006
Sam Shepard by John J. Winters
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9781619027084
Publication Date: 2017
Library also owns print copy in circulating collection: PS 3569.H394 Z975 2017
Shakespeare by Peter Ackroyd
Call Number: PR 2894 .A26 2005
ISBN: 0385511396
Publication Date: 2005
Susan Glaspell: Her Life and Times by Linda Ben-Zvi
Call Number: PS3513.L35 Z595 2005
ISBN: 9780195115062
Publication Date: 2005
Timebends by Arthur Miller
Call Number: PS 3525.I5156 Z477 1987
ISBN: 0802100155
Publication Date: 1987
Tom Stoppard by Ira B. Nadel; Ira Nadel
Call Number: PR 6069.T6 Z784 2002
ISBN: 0312237782
Publication Date: 2002-06-01

Criticism

Aphra Behn's Afterlife by Jane Spencer
Call Number: PR 3317.Z5 S64 2000
ISBN: 0198184948
Publication Date: 2001
Arthur Miller by Christopher Bigsby
Call Number: PS 3525.I5156 Z5445 2005
ISBN: 9780521844161
Publication Date: 2004
August Wilson by Alan Nadel (Editor)
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9781587298752
Publication Date: 2010
Library also owns print copy in the circulating collection:
PS 3573.I45677 Z565 2010
The Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl by Amy Muse; Patrick Lonergan (Series edited by); Kevin J. Wetmore (Series edited by)
Call Number: PS 3618.U48 Z75 2018
ISBN: 9781350007819
Publication Date: 2018
Miller and Middle America by Paula T. Langteau (Editor)
Call Number: PS 3525.I5156 Z723 2007
ISBN: 9780761837107
Publication Date: 2007
Sarah Ruhl : a critical study of the plays by James Al-Shamma
Call Number: PS 3618.U48 Z55 2011
ISBN: 9780786458875
Publication Date: 2011
Southern Women Playwrights by Robert L. McDonald (Editor); Linda Rohrer Paige (Editor)
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9780817310790
Publication Date: 2001
Suzan-Lori Parks by Deborah R. Geis
Call Number: PS 3566.A736 Z69 2008
ISBN: 9780472099467
Publication Date: 2008
The Theatre of Caryl Churchill by R. Darren Gobert; Patrick Lonergan (Contribution by); Kevin J. Wetmore (Contribution by)
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9781472538840
Publication Date: 2014
Library also owns print copy in circulating collection: PR 6053.H786 Z663 2014
The Theatre of David Henry Hwang by Esther Kim Lee; Patrick Lonergan (Contribution by); Kevin J. Wetmore (Contribution by)
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9781408185858
Publication Date: 2015
The Theater of Terrence Mcnally by Peter Wolfe
Call Number: PS 3563.A323 Z885 2014
ISBN: 9780786474950
Publication Date: 2014
Understanding Tony Kushner by James L. Fisher
Call Number: PS 3561.U778 Z643 2008
ISBN: 9781570037498
Publication Date: 2008
Wendy Wasserstein by Jill Dolan
Call Number: PS 3573.A798 Z65 2017
ISBN: 9780472053629
Publication Date: 2017

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