{"product_id":"playwrights-for-tomorrow-11","title":"Playwrights for Tomorrow","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaywrights for Tomorrow \u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1966. 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\u003eFour young playwrights, James Schevill, Megan Terry, Elizabeth Johnson, and Terrence McNally, are represented in this collection, which includes four one-act plays and one three-act play. The authors are writers who have participated in an experimental program at the University of Minnesota under the auspices of the Office for Advanced Drama Research, of which Arthur H. Ballet is the director.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe program of the Office for Advanced Drama Research, established with the aid of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, provides an opportunity for promising young playwrights to develop their talents in a situation which offers them, among other advantages, the chance to have their plays actually produced. Dr. Ballet describes the project in an introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plays which make up this collection are two related one-act plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Space Fan \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Master \u003c\/i\u003e(titled together \u003ci\u003eAmerican Power)\u003c\/i\u003e, by James Schevill; \u003ci\u003eEx-Miss Cooper Queen on a Set of Pills \u003c\/i\u003eby Megan Terry; \u003ci\u003eA Bad Play for an Old Lady \u003c\/i\u003e by Elizabeth Johnson; and \u003ci\u003eAnd Things That Go Bump in the Night \u003c\/i\u003eby Terrence McNally. Each playwright provides a discussion of his work, and production data are given. All except one of the plays were produced at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. In addition, one of them, \u003ci\u003eAnd Things That Go Bump in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, has been given on Broadway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust as the experimental productions helped the playwrights evaluate their work, publication of the plays will, it is hoped, contribute further to the critical process by giving the plays the benefits of wider audiences and broader appraisal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother collection of plays by writers associated with the program of the Office for Advanced Drama Research is available in a second volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arthur H. Ballet, EditorIntroduction by Arthur H. Ballet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616404693372,"sku":"9780816603817","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780816603817_593ecba6-3ce6-4460-a912-eb31dcc061fd.jpg?v=1726477592","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/playwrights-for-tomorrow-11","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}