{"product_id":"playwrights-for-tomorrow-9","title":"Playwrights for Tomorrow","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaywrights for Tomorrow \u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1969. 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 plays are published in this sixth volume of a series of collections of plays by dramatists who have participated in an experimental program conducted by the Office for Advanced Drama Research (O.A.D.R.), University of Minnesota. Dr. Arthur H. Ballet, editor of the series, is the director of the program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plays in this volume are \u003ci\u003eThe Thing Itself \u003c\/i\u003e by Arthur Sainer, \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Test \u003c\/i\u003eby Jonathan Gillman, and \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World; or, Fragments from a Work in Progress \u003c\/i\u003e by Keith Neilson. In an introduction Dr. Ballet briefly describes the O.A.D.R. program and comments on the three plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf Mr. Sainer and his play Dr. Ballet writes: \"Arthur Sainer represents a new wave in theatrical writing, the semi-improvisational piece which really takes on life only in production, but which also speaks with a voice as old and honorable as theatre itself. The Firehouse Theatre, with its unique and skillful dedication to innovative theatre, brought \u003ci\u003eThe Things Itself \u003c\/i\u003eto exciting production for enthusiastic audiences.\" Jonathan Gillman's \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Test \u003c\/i\u003eis, he writes, \"a rare and sparkling work for the stage: a classic farce.\" On the third play and its author he comments: \"\u003ci\u003eThe End of the World \u003c\/i\u003e by Keith Neilson was the first play provided with facilities under the O.A.D.R. outside the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in an attempt to see if the program could work at long distance as well as it has at home. The play, the playwright, and the O.A.D.R. were blessed with a wonderful company, theatre, and audience at the Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, and above all with a dedicated and talented director in Brooks Jones. Neilson is a continuous creator in theatre.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arthur H. Ballet, EditorIntroduction by Arthur H. Ballet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616405741948,"sku":"9780816605385","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780816605385_956da716-693f-474b-9b03-c8629853d373.jpg?v=1726477727","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/playwrights-for-tomorrow-9","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}