The Pulitzer Prize plays : the first fifty years, 1917-1967 : a dramatic reflection of American life
Firestone, Paul A.2008
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The first fifty years of the Pulitzer Prize, 1917 to 1967, were among the most momentous in American history. Highlights include a biography of Joseph Pulitzer, history of the prize, original cast listings for each play, and a complete chronology
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Imprint:
Milwaukee WI Limelight Editions 2008
Collation:
341 p. portraits
Contents:
Introduction: The Pulitzer Prize for Drama -- One Family Life -- One Youth in Parental Conflict -- Look Homeward, Angel, 1957-1958 -- Long Days Journey into Night, 1956-1957 -- The Subject Was Roses, 1964-1965 -- Two The Unmarried Woman -- Alisons House, 1930-1931 -- The Old Maid, 1934-1935 -- Miss Lulu Bett, 1920-1921 -- Three The Conflict of the Sexes -- Craigs Wife, 1925-1926 -- The Shrike, 1951-1952 -- Four The Drive for Generation -- They Knew What They Wanted, 1924-1925 -- Strange Interlude, 1927-1928 -- All the Way Home, 1960-1961 -- Anna Christie, 1921-1922 -- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1954-1955 -- Five The Dysfunctional Family -- A Delicate Balance, 1966-1967 -- Two Social Protest -- Six The Rebel Outsider -- Harvey, 1944-1945 -- Picnic, 1952-1953 -- Seven The Self-Sacrificers -- Why Marry? 1917-1918 -- Men in White, 1933-1934 -- Eight The Nonconformists -- You Cant Take It With You, 1936-1937 -- The Time of Your Life, 1939-1940 -- Nine Against Prejudice -- In Abrahams Bosom, 1926-1927 -- Street Scene, 1928-1929 -- Ten Against War -- Idiots Delight, 1935-1936 -- There Shall Be No Night, 1940- 1941 -- The Diary of Anne Frank, 1955-1956 -- South Pacific, 1949-1950 -- Three Political Heroes -- Eleven The Charismatic Historical Hero -- Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1938-1939 -- Fiorello! 1959-1960 -- Twelve The Fictional Political Hero -- Of Thee I Sing, 1931-1932 -- Both Your Houses, 1932-1933 -- State of the Union, 1945-1946 -- Four Morality and Survival in a Materialistic Society -- Thirteen The Agrarian Hero -- Beyond the Horizon, 1919-1920 -- Icebound, 1922-1923 -- Fourteen The Capitalist Hero -- Death of a Salesman, 1948-1949 -- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 1961-1962 -- The Teahouse of the August Moon, 1953-1954 -- Five The Spiritual Condition of Man -- Fifteen Inferno and Purgatory -- Hell-Bent fer Heaven, 1923-1924 -- A Streetcar Named Desire, 1947-1948 -- Sixteen God and Man -- The Green Pastures, 1929-1930 -- J. B., 1958-1959 -- Seventeen Life and Death -- Our Town, 1937-1938 -- The Skin of Our Teeth, 1942-1943 -- Epilogue: The Pulitzer Prize Plays and Evaluation -- Chronologies 1917-1967: -- Appendix 1: The Plays -- Appendix 2: The Jurors -- Notes -- Bibliography.
ISBN:
9780879103552 (pbk)
Dewey class:
812.5 PUL
Local class:
812.5
Language:
English
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BRN:
70937
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