The Best American Short Plays 2008-2009

by Parisi, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781557837608
• ISBN10: 1557837600
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp

Summary

Best American Short Plays 2008-09 (Softcover) is a Hal Leonard publication.

Author Biography

Barbara Parisi is Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus. She founded and is the executive director of the nonprofit Ryan Repertory Company at the Harry Warren Theatre in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword: A Simple, Brilliant Idea	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
A Second of Pleasure	p. 1
St. Francis Preaches to the Birds	p. 17
The Stormy Waters, the Long Way Home	p. 41
Early Morning	p. 49
Sisters	p. 81
Little Duck	p. 89
A Portrait of the Woman as a Young Artist	p. 113
Slapped Actress	p. 153
The Last Artist in New York City	p. 163
The True Author of the Plays Formerly Attributed to Mister William Shakespeare Revealed to the World for the First Time by Miss Delia Bacon	p. 179
The Lovers and Others of Eugene O'Neill	p. 191
III	p. 217
Pete and Joe at the Dew Drop Inn	p. 271
Decades Apart: Reflections of Three Gay Men	p. 285
508	p. 313
Naked Old Man	p. 325
Acknowledgments	p. 351
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