Theresa Rebeck & Friends Introduce Playwrights In An Hour At Drama Book Shop 5/19

On Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. Theresa Rebeck & Friends Introduce the Playwrights in an Hour Series Panel Discussion & Cocktail Reception (FREE)

Theresa Rebeck, the subject of one of the PLAYWRIGHTS IN AN HOUR books, Alexis Greene, the writer of the Theresa Rebeck book, Christopher Baker the writer of the MOLIERE IN AN HOUR book, and others (TBA) discuss the relevance and role of playwrights in America today.

PLAYWRIGHTS IN AN HOUR is a series of 27 titles that focuses on the most produced, studied and published playwrights ranging from the ancient Greeks, such as Aristophanes (the Woody Allen of the classical world, to contemporary playwrights including Theresa Rebeck, Sam Shepard, Sarah Ruhl and Tom Stoppard. Each book is under 100 pages and within it's pages are "all that you need to know" about the playwright and their work and includes: Succinct introductions by renowned scholars, writers and teachers; An "In a Minute" page, which identifies important world and personal events in the playwright's life; A complete listings of the playwright's work; A list of the playwright's contemporaries in all fields; Excerpts from the playwright's significant works; An extensive bibliography grouped according to type of reader; An index of the main essay.

Check out this great review in the Los Angeles Times: A New Cheatsheet for Theater Buffs

Playwrights in An Hour
In an Hour Books, 2010
Paper: $9.99

Including: A. Wilson In an Hour by Joan Herrington; Aeschylus In an Hour by Carl Mueller; Albee In an Hour by E. Teresa Choate; Aristophanes In an Hour by Carl Mueller; Ayckbourn In an Hour by E. Teresa Choate; Beckett In an Hour by E. Teresa Choate; Chekhov In an Hour by Carol Rocamora; Coward In an Hour by Howard Kissel; Euripides In an Hour by Carl Mueller; Hansberry In an Hour by E. Teresa Choate; Ibsen In an Hour by Rick and Johnston Davis; Miller In an Hour by James Fisher; Moliere In an Hour by Christopher Baker; O'Neill In an Hour by James Fisher; Rebeck In an Hour by Stacy Wolf; Ruhl In an Hour by James Al-Shamma; Schnitzler In an Hour by Carl Mueller; Shakespeare In an Hour by Christopher Baker; Shaw In an Hour by Emily Esfahani-Smith; Shepard In an Hour by Laura Graham; Sophocles In an Hour by Carl Mueller; Stoppard In an Hour by Mikhail Alexeeff; Strindberg In an Hour by Carl Mueller; Wedekind In an Hour by Carl Mueller; Wilde In an Hour by Emily Esfahani-Smith; Wilder In an Hour by James Fisher; Williams In an Hour by Michael Paller;
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