The Fervent Years(Updated) The Group Theatre And The Thirties (A Da Capo paperback) by HaroldClurman, Stella Adler Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1983 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-80186-0, ISBN: 0-306-80186-8
"The Group Theatre was perhaps the most significant experiment in the history of American theater. Producing plays that reflected topical issues of the decade and giving a creative chance to actors, directors, and playwrights who were either fed up with or shut out of commercial theater, the "Group" remains a permanent influence on American drama despite its brief ten-year life. It was here that method acting, native realism, and politic ..."
""The best theatre book I read this year. The remarkable thing is its lack of bunk. Actors and watchers of actors will find it a book to mark up and read again."--Dan Sullivan, "Los Angeles Times""
"Like New Hardcover ex-library copy. Only checked out once, very gently used! Clean as a whistle both inside and out, just normal markings and little manila pocket on inside cover. You will not be disappointed! Thank you for considering Whispering Pines for your purchase!"
"This comprehensive volume contains nine of the most important, most indispensable plays of the modern theatre. What Harold Clurman has done in this seminal collection is to create for us a portrait of the progress and turmoil of the twentieth century. Ranging from the eerie realism of Pinter's sinister "Birthday Party," to the absurd literalism of Ionesco's conformist city in "Rhinoceros," to the baroque fantasy world of Genet's brothel ..."
On Directing(Updated) by HaroldClurman Paperback, 308 Pages, Published 1974 by Collier Books ISBN-13: 978-0-02-013350-6, ISBN: 0-02-013350-2
"In his writings as a teacher, director, and theater critic, Harold Clurman often comes across as the most approachable of the formidable talents associated with the Group Theater and the many versions of "the Method," the American version of Stanislavsky's teaching. Written towards the end of his long career as one of the American theater's most successful directors, On Directing is a highly readable yet deeply insightful look at the jo ..."
"Bound in the publisher's original red quarter cloth and boards, spine stamped in black. Minor wear and two closed tears to dust jacket, one of which has been discreetly repaired with tape on the inside."
"Anthologizes Robert Lowell's Benito Cereno, William Alfred's Hogan's Goat, Joseph Heller's We Bombed in New Haven, Israel Horovitz's The Indian Wants the Bronx, and Mark Crowley's The Boys in the Band"
"A powerful, moving collection of stories from one of the masters of American drama, A Primitive Heart is a powerful, heart-rending, and completely authentic collection of stories that cut to the quick of American manhood and reveal the distance within the most intimate relationships. A Primitive Heart shows David Rabe to be a fiction writer of range and versatility. Whether he is writing about a marriage shadowed by the unacknowledged d ..."
Ibsen(1st Edition) (Masters of World Literature) by HaroldClurman, Louis Kronenberger Paperback, 223 Pages, Published 1977 by Macmillan Publishing Company ISBN-13: 978-0-02-049650-2, ISBN: 0-02-049650-8
"Harold Clurman ... (Masters of world literature series) Includes index. ... First
Collier Books Edition Ibsen is also published in a hardcover edition by Macmillan
Publishing Co., Inc. Printed in the United States of America to JOAN UNGARO "
No ..."
"Book jacket/back: Clifford Odets is considered the most gifted American social protest dramatist of the thirties and certainly one of America's great playwrights. Odets was born in Philadelphia in 1906 and raised in the Bronx, New York. After joining the Group Theatre in 1931, he wrote his six best and most famous plays, included in this volume. "
"In his writings as a teacher, director, and theater critic, Harold Clurman often comes across as the most approachable of the formidable talents associated with the Group Theater and the many versions of "the Method," the American version of Stanislavsky's teaching. Written towards the end of his long career as one of the American theater's most successful directors, On Directing is a highly readable yet deeply insightful look at the jo ..."
"This classic collection—the only one-volume selection of Arthur Miller's work available—presents a rich cross section of writing from one of our most influential and humane playwrights, containing in full his masterpieces The Crucible and Death of a Salesman. This essential collection also includes the complete texts of After the Fall, The American Clock, The Last Yankee, and Broken Glass, winner of the Olivier Award for Best Play of 19 ..."
"This classic collection—the only one-volume selection of Arthur Miller's work available—presents a rich cross section of writing from one of our most influential and humane playwrights, containing in full his masterpieces The Crucible and Death of a Salesman. This essential collection also includes the complete texts of After the Fall, The American Clock, The Last Yankee, and Broken Glass, winner of the Olivier Award for Best Play of 19 ..."
The Divine Pastime(1st Edition) Theatre Essays by HaroldClurman Hardcover, 321 Pages, Published 1974 by Macmillan Publishing Company ISBN-13: 978-0-02-526150-1, ISBN: 0-02-526150-9
"Compares and examines many of the major works of the twentieth century."
On Directing(1st Edition) by HaroldClurman Board Book, 308 Pages, Published 1972 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-0-02-526410-6, ISBN: 0-02-526410-9
"The celebrated director discusses the techniques of his craft and presents his own directing notes for ten of his major productions"
The naked image observations on the modern theatre by HaroldClurman Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 1966 by The Macmillan Company ISBN-13: 978-0-02-526400-7, ISBN: 0-02-526400-1
"... plays in this volume must be made in advance to the author's agent. Brandt &
Hochman, 1501 Broadway, Suite 2310, New York, NY 10036. Published
simultaneously in Canada Printed in the United States of America Library of
Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. [Plays.
Selections.] Waiting for Lefty & other plays ' by Clifford Odets: with a preface by
the author; with an introduction by Harold Clurman. ..."