{"product_id":"9781350068728","title":"The Methuen Drama Anthology of American Women Playwrights: 1970 - 2020 : Gun, Spell #7, The Jacksonian, The Baltimore Waltz, In the Blood, Intimate Apparel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Methuen Drama Anthology of American Women Playwrights: 1970 - 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In this exciting new anthology, Wesley Brown and Aimée K. Michel bring together six wonderfully teachable plays by some of the greatest American women dramatists of the past fifty years-- Ntozake Shange, Suzan-Lori Parks, Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, Beth Henley, and Susan Yankowitz.  The editors provide a helpful Introduction to the last 100 years of theatrical activity, from suffrage and anti-lynching plays, through the explosive 1960s, to recent Broadway triumphs, highlighting women's struggle-a struggle that continues--to put their vision and voices on the American stage.\" Elin Diamond, Rutgers University, USA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume celebrates the iconoclastic power of six American women playwrights who pushed the boundaries of the form outside the box of conventional drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach play is accompanied by a short introduction providing the biographical background of the playwright as well as discussing the dramatic style of her writing, the extent to which her work is informed by major playwrights of the period, and how the specific work illustrates the overarching themes of her body of work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plays included are:\u003cbr\u003eGun by Susan Yankowitz\u003cbr\u003eSpell #7: geechee jibara quik magic trance manual for\u003cbr\u003etechnologically stressed third world people by Ntozake Shange\u003cbr\u003eThe Jacksonian by Beth Henley\u003cbr\u003eThe Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel\u003cbr\u003eIn the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks\u003cbr\u003eIntimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This much-needed collection fills a major gap in our sense of the writers for the American theatre. Here assembled are not just the “greatest hits” among the plays written by women, but a coherent and thorough examination of the many careers and voices that have shaped the stage for the last century. ” —\u003ci\u003eMelia Bensussen, Artistic Director at Hartford Stage, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this exciting new anthology, Wesley Brown and Aimée K. Michel bring together six wonderfully teachable plays by some of the greatest American women dramatists of the past fifty years-- Ntozake Shange, Suzan-Lori Parks, Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, Beth Henley, and Susan Yankowitz.  The editors provide a helpful Introduction to the last 100 years of theatrical activity, from suffrage and anti-lynching plays, through the explosive 1960s, to recent Broadway triumphs, highlighting women's struggle-a struggle that continues--to put their vision and voices on the American stage.” —\u003ci\u003eElin Diamond, Rutgers University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350068728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40739262136526,"sku":"9781350068728","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_0aadc747-9a06-427f-91d3-d3bf4e2f8642.jpg?v=1641360162","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350068728","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}