Long-unavailable, Michael Weller's Five Plays is the definitive look at the generation which came of age in the '60s.
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Excellent plays by an excewllent playwright. Reminded me what it was like to be in college in the 60's
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Michael Weller is not a flashy playwright, and though he has had great success over the years, I can't think of a "signature" style to his work. That is his strength. "Moonchildren" is one of the best plays about Vietnam (from the viewpoint of college students in the mid-60s). "At Home/Abroad" is about a couple realizing the limitations of their marriage, carried to a further degree by "Loose Ends". The pieces are all different, but share a seriousness hidden in wit. Weller is a playwright for actors who want parts with range and moments of revealing emotion; a playwright for directors who want to focus on the work and the text, with spectacle on a human scale; and a playwright for young adults who are beginning to recognize how love, career, and country still leave something lacking. I am glad to have discovered him, and I hope others will, too.
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Rereading these early plays for the first time in a decade and a half was a peculiar experience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Loose Ends, Jesus Christ, Alan Schneider, Carole Rothman, End of Play, Stevie Wonder, Arena Stage, Erie County, Robyn Goodman, Artistic Director, Second Stage Theatre, Where's Dane, Where's Norman New!
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Rereading these early plays for the first time in a decade and a half was a peculiar experience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following cast Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Loose Ends, Jesus Christ, Alan Schneider, Carole Rothman, End of Play, Stevie Wonder, Arena Stage, Erie County, Robyn Goodman, Artistic Director, Second Stage Theatre, Where's Dane, Where's Norman New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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- Lake No Bottom by Weller in Back Matter
- Spoils of War by Weller in Back Matter
- Heartbreak House (Penguin Classics) by George Bernard Shaw on page 9
- Snow White (Colour Crunchies) by Marga Mayo on page 72
- What the Night is For (Oberon Modern Plays S.) by Michael Weller in Back Matter
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- The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from More Than 70 Playwrights by Nina Shengold in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scenes and Monologues from the New American Theater (Mentor) by Frank Pike in Back Matter
- Practical Playwriting by David Copelin in Back Matter
- How to Stop Acting by Harold Guskin on page 10
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