{"product_id":"playwrights-for-tomorrow-10","title":"Playwrights for Tomorrow","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaywrights for Tomorrow \u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1972. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree playwrights are represented in this, the eighth volume of the continuing series \u003ci\u003ePlaywrights for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, which makes available the work of playwrights who have been sponsored by the University of Minnesota Office for Advanced Drama Research. Under the program of the O.A.D.R., which is aided by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, writers are given the opportunity to work on their scripts and have their plays produced by cooperating theater companies. The program is directed by Arthur H. Ballet, the series editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three plays in this volume are \u003ci\u003eA Gun Play \u003c\/i\u003e by Yale M. Udoff, \u003ci\u003eAnniversary on Weedy Hill \u003c\/i\u003eby Allen Joseph, and \u003ci\u003eThe Nihilist \u003c\/i\u003eby William N. Monson. Professor Ballet provides an introduction in which he explains the purpose and scope of the O.A.D.R. program, recounts some of its history and accomplishments, and tells a little about the O.A.D.R. productions of each of the plays included here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Gun Play \u003c\/i\u003ewas produced by the Hartford Stage Company in Hartford, Connecticut, under the direction of Paul Weidner. Later it had an off-Broadway run in New York City, staged by commercial producers. The author, Yale Udoff, is a professional writer primarily involved in the mass media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnniversary on Weedy Hill \u003c\/i\u003e was produced by Theatre West, a professional company in West Hollywood, California. Allen Joseph, the author, a professional actor in film and television, turned to playwriting in the midst of a well-established career in the theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nihilist \u003c\/i\u003ewas the second play of the O.A.D.R. offered through the facilities of the University of California at Davis Theatre under the direction of Alfred Rossi. William Monson, the playwright, is from the world of academe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arthur H. Ballet, EditorIntroduction by Arthur H. Ballet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616406987132,"sku":"9780816606528","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_192f151a-2aeb-45ca-abc5-a8ae63cbce8a.jpg?v=1746711698","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/playwrights-for-tomorrow-10","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}