The Plays Of Beth Henley
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The Plays Of Beth Henley
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Author : Gene A. Plunka
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-11-18
The Plays Of Beth Henley written by Gene A. Plunka and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-18 with Performing Arts categories.
Beth Henley's twelve complete plays (three of which have been turned into films) have achieved worldwide production. At age 29, she produced her first full-length drama, Crimes of the Heart, which won a Pulitzer Prize and garnered three Academy Award nominations as a film. Her Mississippi upbringing and her penchant for the eccentricities of southern culture, however, have caused critics to categorize her writing as a kind of southern gothic folklore inspired by feminist ideology. This book, the first critical study of Henley's complete plays, attempts to dispel the common stereotypes that associate Henley's work with regional drama and sociological treatises. It argues instead that Henley can best be perceived as a dramatist who delineates an existential despair manifested in various forms of what Freud calls the modern neurosis. The book maintains that Henley's plays must be understood as universal statements about the angst of modern civilization, and Henley's characters are assessed in light of Freud's proposition that cultural restrictions create neurotic individuals. The introduction provides a brief account of Henley's childhood and career. Early chapters summarize the theory of the modern angoisse espoused in Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents, while later chapters relate this theory to thematic and stylistic elements of Henley's most popular play, Crimes of the Heart, as well as Am I Blue, The Wake of Jamie Foster, The Miss Firecracker Contest, The Debutante Ball, The Lucky Spot, Abundance, Signature, Control Freaks, Revelers, L-Play, and Impossible Marriage.
Beth Henley
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Author : Beth Henley
language : en
Publisher: Smith & Kraus
Release Date : 2000
Beth Henley written by Beth Henley and has been published by Smith & Kraus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Drama categories.
Presents six plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright Beth Henley, spanning the 1990s, along with photos from their theater productions.
Understanding Beth Henley
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Author : Robert J. Andreach
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2006
Understanding Beth Henley written by Robert J. Andreach and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Drama categories.
Beth Henley remains best known for 'Crimes of the Heart', a play that won the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and later was made into a major motion picture. This introduction to the Mississippi-born playwright and her body of work presents Henley's plays as a unified whole.
Beth Henley
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Author : Beth Henley
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Drama
Release Date : 1992
Beth Henley written by Beth Henley and has been published by Heinemann Drama this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Drama categories.
These four plays by one of American theatre's most celebrated writers are populated by people who lead lives of distinctly unquiet desperation. The plays are: The Lucky Spot, The Miss Firecracker Contest, The Wake of Jamey Foster, and Abundance.
Crimes Of The Heart
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Author : Beth Henley
language : en
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Release Date : 1982
Crimes Of The Heart written by Beth Henley and has been published by Dramatists Play Service Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with American drama categories.
THE STORY: The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried
Beth Henley
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Author : Julia A. Fesmire
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-21
Beth Henley written by Julia A. Fesmire and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-21 with Drama categories.
Beth Henley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play for her first full-length play, Crimes of the Heart, yet there has been no book-length consideration of her body of work until now. This volume includes original essays that contextualize and analyze her works from a variety of perspectives, focusing on her vexed status as a southern writer, her use of the comic grotesque, and her alleged feminist critiques of modern society. Receiving special attention are lesser-known plays which are crucial to understanding Henley's development as a playwright and postmodern thinker.
Three Plays
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Author : Beth Henley
language : en
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Release Date : 2002
Three Plays written by Beth Henley and has been published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Drama categories.
THE STORIES: CONTROL FREAKS. Sister Willard (a troubled woman who struggles with three personalities: Sister, Spaghetti and Pinkie) returns from jury duty to discover her brother, Carl, has married Betty. Carl and Betty have big plans to open up Fu
The Jacksonian
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Author : Beth Henley
language : en
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Release Date : 2015-05-15
The Jacksonian written by Beth Henley and has been published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-15 with Performing Arts categories.
Jackson, Mississippi, 1964. When his wife kicks him out, respectable dentist Bill Perch moves into the seedy Jacksonian Motel. There, his downward spiral is punctuated by encounters with his teenage daughter, a gold-digging motel employee, a treacherous bartender, and his now-estranged wife. Revolving around the night of a murder, THE JACKSONIAN brims with suspense and dark humor and unearths the eerie tensions and madness in a town poisoned by racism.
A Study Guide For Beth Henley S Crimes Of The Heart
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Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
language : en
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
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A Study Guide For Beth Henley S Crimes Of The Heart written by Gale, Cengage Learning and has been published by Gale, Cengage Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Literary Criticism categories.
A Study Guide for Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
Laugh
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Author : Beth Henley
language : en
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Release Date : 2017-03-16
Laugh written by Beth Henley and has been published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-16 with Performing Arts categories.
The West. The 1920s. Mabel’s had a hard few weeks. A dynamite accident at a gold mine has left her wealthy but orphaned; she’s shipped off to a calculating aunt, whose nephew is charged with seducing her to control Mabel’s fortune. This hapless courtship reveals a shared love of silent movies and a plan for greater things. A story of mishaps and moxie, the romance of Hollywood and ultimately a Hollywood-caliber romance. A slapstick comedy from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Crimes of the Heart.