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The Best American Short Plays 2003-2004

Title
  1. The Best American Short Plays 2003-2004 / edited with an introduction by Glenn Young.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, [2006]
  2. ©2006

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Additional authors
  1. Young, Glenn, 1953-
  2. Guare, John.
  3. Miller, Susan, 1944-
  4. Brevoort, Deborah Baley.
  5. Noonan, John Ford.
  6. Tasca, Jules.
  7. Maloney, Peter.
  8. Marnich, Melanie.
  9. Harrison, Jordan.
  10. Gallagher, Mary, 1947-
  11. Mueller, Lavonne.
  12. Howe, Tina.
  13. Pintauro, Joseph.
Description
  1. xv, 268 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "This new volume includes John Guare's Woman at a Threshold, Beckoning; John Ford Noonan's The Raunchy Dame in the Chinese Raincoat; Tina Howe's Water Music; and Joe Pintauro's Ten-Dollar Drinks. The subject matter of this 12-play collection, with half of the plays by women, is up to the minute: In Jules Tasca's The Death of Bliss a young Palestinian wife pleads with her husband not to become a suicide bomber. Melanie Marnich's The Right to Remain was commissioned by Mixed Blood Theatre for its Bill of (W)Rights project, designed to explore the state of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights at the beginning of 2004. Peter Maloney's Leash is set in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. And for variety's sake, Deborah Brevoort's Blue Moon Over Memphis is a Noh Drama about Elvis Presley. Other plays rounding out the collection include Jordan Harrison's Fit for Feet; Mary Gallagher's Perfect; and Lavonne Mueller's The Wounded Do Not Cry, the latter inspired by the life of Frances Slanger, forgotten heroine of the Normandy invasion."--Publisher's description.
Series statement
  1. The best American short plays, 0067-6284
Uniform title
  1. Best American short plays series
Alternative title
  1. American short plays 2003-2004
  2. 10 dollar drinks.
Subject
  1. Collections
  2. 2000-2099
  3. One-act plays, American
  4. Drama > Collections
  5. American drama > 21st century
Genre/Form
  1. Collections.
Contents
  1. Introduction / Glenn Young -- Woman at a threshold, beckoning / John Guare -- The grand design / Susan Miller -- Blue moon over Memphis : a Noh drama about Elvis Presley / Deborah Brevoort -- The raunchy dame in the Chinese raincoat / John Ford Noonan -- The death of bliss / Jules Tasca -- Leash / Peter Maloney -- The right to remain / Melanie Marnich -- Fit for feet / Jordan Harrison -- Perfect / Mary Gallagher -- The wounded do not cry / Lavonne Mueller -- Water music : a short play / Tina Howe -- Ten-dollar drinks / Joe Pintauro.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library