Plays of the American Experience: 25 Fascinating Scenes for the Classroom or Stage

Author:   Thomas Hischak
Publisher:   Meriwether Publishing
ISBN:  

9781566082402


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 September 2018
Recommended Age:   From 13 to 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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Plays of the American Experience: 25 Fascinating Scenes for the Classroom or Stage


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"The 25 plays in this collection are short theatrical pieces that aim to bring to life moments in American history from the early nineteenth century to the 1970s. Most of the characters in these plays are not famous figures or even factual people. They are ordinary Americans who did not make history, but rather, lived it. The plays can be read aloud, simply staged in the classroom, or fully staged with the help of complete set and costume descriptions included with each scene. To enhance the educational value, each play includes background information of the historical situation as well as an aftermath that explains what happened after the dramatized event. Ideal for middle school or high school drama classes wanting more relatable period pieces or for American history classes wanting to make past events and times ""real"" for today's students, these engaging scenes capture the essence of the American spirit of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."

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Author:   Thomas Hischak
Publisher:   Meriwether Publishing
Imprint:   Meriwether Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9781566082402


ISBN 10:   1566082404
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 September 2018
Recommended Age:   From 13 to 18 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Thomas Hischak is the author of over forty published plays which are performed in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. His playwriting awards include the Stanley Drama Award (New York City) for Cold War Comedy, the Julie Harris Playwriting Award (Beverly Hills, California) for The Cardiff Giant, and a winner of the AACT 2016 New Play Fest for The Emperor of North America. Hischak is also the author of twenty-eight non-fiction books about theatre, film, and popular music, including The Oxford Companion to the American Musical, 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year, The Disney Song Encyclopedia, and The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. He was Professor of Theatre at the State University of New York at Cortland for thirty-three years and was also a Fulbright scholar who taught and directed in Greece, Lithuania, and Turkey. He now is Adjunct Professor of theatre and film at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida.

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