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Understanding Marsha Norman
Author | : Lisa Tyler |
Publsiher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2019-09-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781643360034 |
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Best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning play 'night, Mother and her acclaimed adaptations of The Secret Garden and The Color Purple for musical theater, Marsha Norman has produced an impressive oeuvre that includes not only works for the stage but also a novel and several television screenplays. The first book on the Louisville-born writer in twenty years, Understanding Marsha Norman introduces readers to her life and work while making a persuasive case for her preeminence among America's leading dramatic artists. Following a biographical introduction, the book examines such early plays as Getting Out, Third and Oak, and Circus Valentine, which, according to the playwright herself, taught her the skills she needed to write her more successful works—most notably the much-lauded two-character drama 'night, Mother, which centers around an apparently rational young woman's choice to commit suicide. Subsequent chapters examine Norman's underrated novel The Fortune Teller and three mid-career plays that rewrite the traditions of the Western, the biblical story of Sarah and Abraham, and the legend of Daniel Boone. Her more recent plays, including Trudy Blue, 140, and Last Dance, acknowledge the limitations of romantic relationships, while her forays into musical theater and television, including scripts for such programs as Law and Order: Criminal Intent and the Peabody-winning HBO series In Treatment, signal a dramatist who is ever willing to take risks and venture into new genres. At her best when writing about interesting and troubled women and their relationships with each other, Norman has received much less critical attention than male contemporaries such as Sam Shepard and David Mamet. This engaging and edifying book helps rectify that disparity.
Getting Out
Author | : Marsha Norman |
Publsiher | : Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : 0822204398 |
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THE STORY: Released from prison Arlene returns to a rundown apartment in Louisville, intent on starting her life over. Rebellious and disruptive as a young girl, she has found strength in religion and wants to put her youth (as Arlie) behind he
Marsha Norman
Author | : Linda Ginter-Brown |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2014-04-08 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781135548452 |
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This collection of ten original (and one reprinted) essays provides an in-depth examination of one of America's foremost contemporary playwrights. Established critics as well as younger scholars examine well-known works such as Getting Out, 'night, Mother, The Laundromat, and the adaptation of The Secret Garden. Lesser known plays such as The Holdup, Sarah and Abraham, Traveler in the Dark, and Loving Daniel Boone are also discussed. This casebook includes an interview with Norman commenting on her work and her place in American theater as well as a review of 'night, Mother by drama critic Robert Brustein. The essays analyze Norman's works in comparison to the works of other playwrights and examine the mother/daughter relationships of the characters as well as Norman's sense of a woman's place within a patriarchal culture.
Night Mother
Author | : Marsha Norman |
Publsiher | : Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0822208210 |
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Jessie Cates calmly tells her mother Thelma that it is her intention to commit suicide.
Traveler in the Dark
Author | : Marsha Norman |
Publsiher | : Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0822211688 |
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THE STORY: A brilliant surgeon and cancer researcher, Sam basks in the aura of success and adulation that his career has brought him. But suddenly his world is shattered when his longtime nurse and confidant, Mavis, dies on the operating table beca
Trudy Blue
Author | : Marsha Norman |
Publsiher | : Samuel French, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0573629420 |
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'Night Mother, this engaging play stars a popular author who has grown disillusioned with her family life. She has retreated into conversations with her alter ego, Trudy Blue, who is the heroine of her novels. When a medical scare leads to a terminal diagnosis, her imaginary companion and her fear threaten her grip on reality. Originally produced at Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Trudy Blue played in New York at the MCC Theatre.
Four Plays
Author | : Marsha Norman |
Publsiher | : New York : Theatre Communications Group |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : UOM:39015014607371 |
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Marsha Norman looks straight at the terrifying mediocrity of so many lives, at the lethal possessiveness of parents, and at the black hole of death itself.
Marsha Norman Collected Plays
Author | : Marsha Norman |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : 1943511101 |
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