The Great American Playwrights on the Screen is a complete, up-to-date record of movie and television productions of classic and contemporary works of the great playwrights. Rich in historical value and detail, this reference book not only tracks Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winners, but also unearths unheralded treasures and forgotten performances by great actors and the great directors they served. To show the ongoing influences and legacies of the great plays, Roberts compares and contrasts the adapted versions, and includes colorful reviews by prominent critics of tv and film (beginning with those of the silent era). The profound expansion of television into American homes in the 1950s brought a flood of adapted plays to the small screen, and resulted in the rebirth of the careers of many significant playwrights. The Great American Playwrights on the Screen provides fans with a video and DVD guide to the adapted works of the playwrights, and shows which versions are available for home viewing and in which media (VHS, Beta, Laser, DVD, Letterbox). Simultaneously, this book is a unique, one-stop source for academics, students of the theatre arts, actors, directors and producers. Organized in an easy-to-use A-Z format, the book features over 200 playwrights including Arthur Miller, Marsha Norman, Eugene O'Neill, Aaron Sorkin, Neil Simon, Wendy Wasserstein, and Tennessee Williams. In addition, The Great American Playwrights on the Screen resurrects the memories of television productions of plays at a critical time, when many of them - including Emmy Award winners and nominees - are deteriorating in vaults.
The Great American Playwrights on the Screen
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
As a writer, director, and producer of comedies, dramas, and musicals on-stage and for films and TV, George Abbott was one of the most diverse talents in 20th century entertainment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
play debuted, debut installment, television theatre, first produced play, other screenplays, stage triumph, white cinematography, umbrella title, play concerns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The New York Times, Warner Bros, Los Angeles Times, Pauline Kael, Pulitzer Prize-winning, Best Actress, World War, Bosley Crowther, George Schaefer, Neil Simon, Best Picture, Supporting Actress, Academy Award, Tennessee Williams, Jack Gould, Mordaunt Hall, Kraft Television Theatre, Fredric March, Jason Robards, The Hallmark Hall of Fame, Alex Segal, Best Actor, Fred Coe, American Playhouse, Henry Fonda New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
As a writer, director, and producer of comedies, dramas, and musicals on-stage and for films and TV, George Abbott was one of the most diverse talents in 20th century entertainment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
play debuted, debut installment, television theatre, first produced play, other screenplays, stage triumph, white cinematography, umbrella title, play concerns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The New York Times, Warner Bros, Los Angeles Times, Pauline Kael, Pulitzer Prize-winning, Best Actress, World War, Bosley Crowther, George Schaefer, Neil Simon, Best Picture, Supporting Actress, Academy Award, Tennessee Williams, Jack Gould, Mordaunt Hall, Kraft Television Theatre, Fredric March, Jason Robards, The Hallmark Hall of Fame, Alex Segal, Best Actor, Fred Coe, American Playhouse, Henry Fonda New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 415
books:
See all 415 books this book cites
- 5001 Nights at the Movies: Revised for the 90's by Pauline Kael on 33 pages
- The story of cinema: A complete narrative history, from the beginnings to the present by David Shipman on 12 pages
- Biographical Dictionary of Film by David Thomson on 12 pages
- From Live to Tape to Film: Sixty Years of Inconspicuous Directing by George Schaefer on 11 pages
- The Great Movie Stars: The Golden Years (A Da Capo paperback) by David Shipman on 10 pages
See all 415 books this book cites
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
