The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, TV, Video and DVD (Applause Books)
Key features
- •The Great American Playwrights on the Screen Applause Books Series Softcover Written by Jerry Roberts
- •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
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CategoryPlaywriting
The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, TV, Video and DVD (Applause Books)
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