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Overview"By Southern Playwrights is a rare assemblage of works from the 1980s and 1990s by writers continuing the tradition of Tennessee Williams, Lillian Hellman, and Beth Henley, among others. This book makes available for the first time in print Marsha Norman's romantic comedy Loving Daniel Boone, novelist Harry Crews's only play, Blood Issue, and humorist Ray Blount Jr.'s ventures into one-act comedy, Five Ives Gets Named and That Dog Isn't Fifteen. Also included are novelist Elizabeth Dewberry's first play, Head On, Kentucky novelist and essayist Wendell Berry's The Cool of the Day, and Digging In, a remarkable array of Kentucky farm voices adapted for the stage by Julie Crutcher and Vaughn McBride. Southern playwriting is a distinctive voice in the American theater, a point eloquently made in the foreword by Jon Jory. The literary works of the South, he writes, are dominated by ""great language, family, strong women, religion, the land, and the past,"" all of which makes them wonderful for acting -- and for reading. This entertaining book honors southern playwrights in a collection of works that have premiered at Actors Theatre of Louisville." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael B. Dixon , Michele Volansky , Jon Jory , Wendell BerryPublisher: The University Press of Kentucky Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.378kg ISBN: 9780813108773ISBN 10: 0813108772 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 February 1996 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsConvinced and Content The Most Conceited Ass in the Territory Bless You, I'm Reconstructed White Feuds and Black Sambos Paradise Lost A Lot of Prejudiced Chuckleheads Heroes or Puppets? Everything All busted Up and Ruined We Ought to Be Ashamed of Ourselves The Black and White Curse From Stage Nigger to Mulatto Superman No Peace, No BrotherhoodReviewsThe plays included in this volume provide good examples of fine Southern writing. They provide humor, serious drama, a sense of place and enough diversity for most readers to find them excellent entertainment. -- Daily News (Bowling Green, KY) <p> The plays included in this volume provide good examples of fine Southern writing. They provide humor, serious drama, a sense of place and enough diversity for most readers to find them excellent entertainment. -- Daily News (Bowling Green, KY) Author InformationMichael Bigelow Dixon was literary manager and, in his last year, Associate Artistic Director at Actors Theatre of Louisville from 1985 to 2001. Michele Volansky is associate professor and chair of the Drama Department at Washington College. She has served on the artistic staffs at Actors Theatre of Louisville (1992-95), Steppenwolf Theatre Company (1995-2000) and Philadelphia Theatre Company (2000-2004). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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