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Rachel Crothers A Research and Production Sourcebook
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By Colette Lindroth and James Lindroth
ISBN: 0-313-27815-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27815-0
160 pages, photographs
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/1995
List Price: $95.00 (UK Sterling Price: £54.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • As a playwright, Rachel Crothers was a popular and influential figure on Broadway from 1906 to the late 1930s; her career is well documented here. The authors of the work, professors of English, display an understanding of Crothers's personal life as well as her plays.
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    ARBA
Description: Rachel Crothers had a fascinating and influential career as a woman playwright and director. She was a major part of Broadway history during the first half of the 20th century, when she wrote for leading actresses such as Tallulah Bankhead, Katharine Cornell, and Gertrude Lawrence. While she is primarily known for her plays, she also worked for a time in Hollywood, and many of her plays were filmed--some more than once. This volume presents a biographical and critical overview of Crothers's life and career, along with synopses of her plays, descriptions of the critics' responses to each play, and substantial primary and secondary bibliographies. This book makes suggestions about the criticism that Crothers's work has elicited in the past, as well as about the directions that criticism might and should take in the future. Because of Crothers's work on Broadway, the book is a valuable guide to theater history throughout the 1900s, particularly because of the detailed cast and production information provided in the entries.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Codes and Numbering
  • Chronology
  • Life and Career
  • Plays and Films: Summaries and Critical Overviews
  • Primary Bibliography
  • Secondary Bibliography
  • Productions and Credits
  • Author Index
  • General Index
LC Card Number: 94-41267
LCC Class: PS3505
Dewey Class: 812
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