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William B. Gill William B. Gill Kurt Ganzl,Kurt Gänzl "Canadian by birth, Australian by upbringing, William B. Gill trod the boards in the Australian goldfields and the hill-stations of India before going on to try his luck in America. After unpromising… OL11640956W
Young hunting Young hunting Martin Hunter Following the author through Toronto in the 1940s and 1950s, this engrossing memoir depicts the evolution from a middle class childhood into an unconventional adulthood. Escaping his origins to fulfi… OL12551605W
Conversations with Miller Conversations with Miller Mel Gussow "Conversations with Miller offers a personal and revealing account of one of the major playwrights of our time in deep and candid conversation with Mel Gussov. In this series of interviews taking pla… OL14871438W
The Cambridge Companion to Sam Shepard The Cambridge Companion to Sam Shepard Matthew Roudane Few American playwrights have exerted as much influence on the contemporary stage as Sam Shepard. His plays are performed on and off Broadway and in all the major regional American theatres. They are… OL15171243W
I shudder I shudder Paul Rudnick A humorist trains eye on a range of subjects--from living in a series of increasingly bizarre, yet fabulous apartments in New York City to dealing with some of the most perplexing yet endearing perso… OL16288914W
The journals of Spalding Gray The journals of Spalding Gray Spalding Gray The personal diaries of the noted playwright, screenwriter, and actor offers insight into his evolution as an artist, his conflicted celebrity, and the struggles with depression that culminated in hi… OL16495257W
The lodger The lodger Charles Nicholl In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster – it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine – a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry – b… OL1734193W
Arthur Miller Arthur Miller Bigsby, C. W. E. In the final half of Arthur Miller's captivating story, covering his life from 1962 to his death in 2005, Christopher Bigsby maps out the journey of Miller's life and work. Shedding new light on Mill… OL17871338W
The new Cambridge companion to Shakespeare The new Cambridge companion to Shakespeare Stanley W. Wells,Margreta De Grazia "Written by a team of leading international scholars, this Companion is designed to illuminate Shakespeare's works through discussion of the key topics of Shakespeare studies. Twenty-one brand new es… OL18611629W
Looking for Lorraine Looking for Lorraine Imani Perry Lorraine Hansberry, who died at thirty-four, was by all accounts a force of nature. Although best-known for her work A Raisin in the Sun, her short life was full of extraordinary experiences and achi… OL19753477W
Arthur Miller, 1915-1962 Arthur Miller, 1915-1962 Bigsby, C. W. E. From the Publisher: This is the long-awaited biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest playwrights, Arthur Miller, whose postwar decade of work earned him international critical and popula… OL1999347W
The blue touch paper The blue touch paper Hare, David One of Britain's best-known screenwriters and dramatists presents a vibrant account of becoming a writer amid the enormous flux of postwar England, from his university days at Cambridge to his breakt… OL20012448W
By women possessed By women possessed Arthur Gelb "Celebrated for their books on Eugene O'Neill and enjoying access to a trove of previously sealed archival material, the Gelbs deliver their final volume on the stormy life and brilliant oeuvre of th… OL20040686W
The man who is Mrs. Brown The man who is Mrs. Brown David O'Dornan When Brendan O'Carroll, creator and star of Mrs Brown's Boys, stood on stage to collect his first BAFTA for the phenomenally successful comedy series in 2012, it marked a new milestone in his incredi… OL20974039W
Arthur Miller Arthur Miller Andersen, Richard "A biography of writer Arthur Miller that describes his era, his major works, his life, and the legacy of his writing"--Provided by publisher. OL3458733W
Prick Up Your Ears Prick Up Your Ears John Lahr This mesmerizing story of playwright and author Joe Orton’s brief and remarkable life was named book of the year by Truman Capote and Nobel Prize–winning novelist Patrick White Told with precision an… OL481138W
Soul of the age Soul of the age Jonathan Bate "One man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages."In this illuminating, innovative biography, Jonathan Bate, one of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, has found a fascin… OL482637W
Ridiculous! Ridiculous! Kaufman, David From his first unscripted appearance on an Off-Broadway stage in the revolutionary 1960s to the frontpage news of his death from AIDS in 1987 at age 44, Charles Ludlam embodied – and helped to engend… OL5966255W
Timebends Timebends Arthur Miller Autobiographie de ce dramaturge Juif libéral new-yorkais, combattant pour la liberté (il est président du PEN international) et ex-mari de Marilyn Monroe. Pour Anthony Burgess ce livre propose "une a… OL66336W
Shakespeare Shakespeare Bill Bryson William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant … OL74119W
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