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Anthologies
See also: Canadian Anthologies.
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 Out Plays: Landmark Gay and Lesbian Plays of the Twentieth Century
Edited by Ben Hodges
Twentieth-century theatre has been a powerful force in bringing gay and lesbian characters and themes out of the closet and into the spotlight. These dramatic selections share themes of oppression and suppression, countered by love, fear, anger, and humour - universally human, not just gay or lesbian. Softcover, 577 pp. $26.50.
 Renaissance Comedy: The Italian Masters Volume I
Donald Beecher
The first volume in an excellent series of newly anthologized works by the Renaissance comedy masters. Includes such selections as "The Pretenders," "Cortigiana," "The Ragged Brothers," "Alessandro," and "The Sister." Softcover, 460 pp. $35.00.
 The Fire This Time: African American Plays for the 21st Century
Edited by Robert Alexander & Harry J. Elam
This brand new collection of hot new plays by African American writers include: A Preface to the Alien Garden, Rhyme Deferred, Civil Sex, The Dark Kalamazoo, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Insurrection: Holding History, In the Blood, Slanguage, and King Hedley II. Softcover, 595 pp. $20.95.
 Singular Female Voices
Anna Reynolds, Moira Buffini, Catherine Johnson & Stewart Permutt
This book contains three remarkable short plays for one female actor--all featuring mothers on the edge. The plays are Jordan, The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret, and Unsuspecting Susan. Softcover, 90 pp. $22.95.
 Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays
Eric Lane & Nina Shengold
This anthology features thirty-six comedic short plays by major American playwrights and emerging new voices. From the surrealistic wit of Steve Martin's "The Zig-Zag Woman" to the biting political satire of Steve Dietz's "The Spot", to Christopher Durang's loopy "Wanda's Visit" to Shel Silverstein's twisted "The Best Daddy", there's something in here to make everyone laugh. Softcover, 514 pp. $22.00.
 Voices From France
Various authors
An anthology of five contemporary French plays in translation from the
France/Banff Translation Exchange. Night Zoo by Michel Azama, Baby
Stain by Koffi Kwahule, Last Morning by Jose Pliya, Mathilde by Veronique
Olmi, The Lighthouse by Timothee de Fombelle. Softcover, 321 pp.
$26.95.
 The Kennedy Centre American College Theater Festival Presents Award-winning
plays from the Michael Kanin Playwriting Program
Gary Garrison
The Kennedy Centre American College Theatre Festival Presents spotlights
the best full-length, one-act, and ten-minute plays written by the newest
generation of American playwrights. Plucked from thousands of entries,
the plays in this anthology have all been recognized for their excellence
by
the prestigious Michael Kanin National Playwriting Program. Softcover,
316 pp. $22.95.
 9 Contemporary Jewish Plays
Ellen Schiff & Michael Posnick
This refreshing anthology brings together nine outstanding plays
from the New Play Commissions in Jewish Theatre, which was established
by the National
Foundation for Jewish Culture in 1994. Included are new works by
Donald Margulies, Nora Glickman, Elise Thoron, Ari Roth, Corey Fischer,
Jeffrey
Sweet, Motti Lerner, Marilyn Clayton Felt, and Jennifer Maisel.
Softcover, 567 pp. $31.95.
 The Best Plays Theater Yearbook
2003-2004
Jeffrey Eric Jenkins
Under editor Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, this indispensible compendium brings
together essays, statistics, photographs, and a wide array of facts and
figures for the 2003-2004 theatre season -- Broadway, Off Broadway, Off
Off Broadway, and resident theatres around the country. In all, The Best
Plays Theater Yearbook gives the fullest possible overview of the year
in American theatre. Hardcover, 526 pp. $72.50.
 Humana Festival 2004: The Complete Plays
Tanya Palmer & Adrien-Alice Hansel
Plays that stand the test of time. Plays that are of the moment. Plays that
are universal. Plays that spring from a strong sense of place. Plays
that look outward to the world. Plays that celebrate an inward poetic
journey. Plays of language. Plays of ideas. Plays by young artists. Plays
by women.
Here is a vibrant testament to the vitality of the contemporary American
playwright. Softcover, 435 pp. $27.95.
 The Duchess of Malfi: Seven Masterpieces of Jacobean Drama
Frank Kermode
The lyrical bloodthirsty tragedies and witty urban comedies in this original
collection were first performed during the reign of King James I (1603-25).
Though nearly four centuries old, they display surprisingly modern sensibilities
regarding sex, violence, morality, and honor. Brilliantly introduced
and annotated by Frank Kermode, these seven Jacobean masterpieces are
the finest
and most representative plays of a time when drama was the most vital
and important mirror of British society. Softcover, 647 pp. $25.95.
 New American Short Plays 2005
Craig Lucas
The first in an annual series, this anthology contains twenty imaginative,
challenging, and provocative new plays by some of America's most talented
playwrights. Softcover, 298 pp. $29.95.
 Scots Plays of the Seventies: An Anthology
Bill Findlay
The six plays gathered together in this anthology are seminal
works in the unprecedented flowering of Scottish drama that occured
in the 1970s. Included are Willie Rough by Bill Bryden, The
Jesuit by Donald Campbell, The Burning by Stewart Conn, The
Hardman by Tom McGrath, The Rising by Hector MacMillan,
and The Bevellers by Roddy McMillan. Softcover, 372 pp. $26.95.
 Graeae: Plays 1
Various authors
The plays in this unique collection boldly explore fascinating theatrical landscapes
while raising awarness and understanding of disability. Graeae tours nationally
and internationally, and is the only professional theatre company of physically
and sensory disabled people in Europe. Softcover, 352 pp. $32.00.
 The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2002-2003
Jeffrey Eric Jenkins
For this 84th edition, essays written by noted theatre critics and writers celebrate
the season and the 10 Best Plays of 2002-2003. In addition, this volume also
offers a compendium of facts and figures on the theatre season on Broadway, Off
Broadway,
Off Off Broadway and in resident theatres around the country. Best Plays is
made complete by dozens of photographs, making it the most comprehensive overview
of the year in American theatre. Hardcover, 500 pp. $78.50.
 A Terrible Truth: Anthology of Holocaust Drama
Irene N. Watts
Theatre at its best, embraces, enlightens, entertains and makes
us question how we live and die. Each of the plays in this volume enhances
our compassion and our understanding of the terrible truth that we
call the Holocaust. Included are Good by C.P. Taylor, None
is Too Many by Jason Sherman, Playing for Time by Arthur
Miller, Still the Night by Theresa Tova, and The Trials of
John
Demjanjuk by Jonathan Garfinkel. Softcover, 384 pp. $45.00.
 Awake & Singing, New Edition: Six Great American Jewish Plays
Ellen Schiff
Included in this collection are Counsellor-at-Law by Elmer
Rice, Awake
and Sing! by Clifford Odets, Morning Star by Sylvia Regan, The
Tenth
Man by Paddy Chayefsky, Conversations with My Father by Herb Gardner
and Broken Glass by Arthur Miller. Editor Ellen Schiff has selected a
sextet of seminal works that illuminate the pre-eminent and enduring dilemma
of identity associated with Jewish life in America: how to acculturate without
losing one's Jewish identity.
Softcover, 587 pp. $26.95.
 Take Ten II: More Ten-Minute Plays
Eric Lane & Nina Shengold
In this follow-up to their groundbreaking collection Take Ten, editors
Eric
Lane and Nina Shengold have put together a veritable bonfire of talent. Take
Ten
II is a remarkably diverse anthology of 35 short plays by such major American
playwrights as Christopher Durang, Warren Leight, Romulus Linney, and Donald
Margulies,
alongside a host of exciting new voices. Softcover, 417 pp. $21.00.
 Scripts and Sketches: New Short Plays for Reading and Performance
John O'Connor
Hardcover, 176 pp. $12.95.
 Forbidden Acts: Pioneering Gay & Lesbian Plays of the Twentieth
Century
Ben Hodges
This timely anthology of gay and lesbian plays spans the entire 20th century.
From The God of Vengence to As Is, this collection brings together
a broad range of theatrical genres: drama, tragedy, romance, comedy, and farce.
Each selection remains vibrant and relevant today as a testament of art's ability
to persevere in
the face of oppression. Softcover, 741 pp. $35.95.
 A Map of the Senses
Rory Runnells, ed.
Celebrates 20 years of playwriting in Manitoba. $24.95.
 Solo
Jason Sherman, ed.
One-character Canadian plays. Includes: Lovesong;
Surrounded by Water; Caveman Rainbow; A Game of Inches; Black Bride; Jewel; Work;
Possible Maps; Anne Marie's Bedroom; Perfect Pie; La Duchesse de Langeais; The Cockroach
Trilogy. $17.95.
 Testifyin'
Djanet Sears, ed.
Contemporary African Canadian drama. Includes:
Riot by Andrew Moodie; Coups and Calypsos by M. Nourbese Philip; Prodigals
in a Promised Land by h. jay bunyan; Whylah Falls: The Play by George
Elliott Clarke; sistahs by maxine bailey & sharon m. lewis; Come Good
Rain by George Seremba; When He Was Free and Young He Used to Wear
Silks by Austin Clarke; dark diaspora. . . in dub by ahdri zhina mandiela;
Tightrope Time: Ain't Nothin' More Than Some Itty Bitty Madness Between Night
& Dawn by Walter Borden; Harlem Duet by Djanet Sears. $49.95.
 Restoration Comedy
Trevor R. Griffiths & Simon Trussler
Three of the most popular comedies from the Restoration, all dealing with
the place of women in society: The Country Wife by William
Wycherley; The Rover by Aphra Ben and The Way of the World by
William Congreve. Softcover, 361 pp. $14.95.
 Three Revenge Tragedies
Gamini Salgado
Following the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign in the early seventeenth
century, the new court of King James was beset by political instability
and moral corruption. This atmosphere provided fertile ground for the
dramatists of the age, whose plays explore the ways in which social
decadence and the abuse of power resentment and lead inexorably to
violence and bloody retribution. This collection brings together three
archtypal plays of the era: The Revenger's Tragedy, The White
Devil,
and The Changeling. Softcover, 364 pp. $22.50.
 The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama
Simon Barker and Hilary Hinds
Ten non-Shakespearean Renaissance plays and a masque have been brought together for
the first time in what is a major text for students of English drama of the late
sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Each play is prefaced by an introductory
headnote discussing the thematic focus of the play and its textual history, and is
cross-referenced to other plays of the period that relate thematically and generically.
Softcover, 457 pp. $41.95.
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