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Martin Banham
Martin Banham has been involved in theatre in Nigeria where he co-founded the Ibadan School of Drama.
He has extensive knowledge of theatre as it is performed on stage.
Martin Banham Books
Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860 and died on July 15, 1904. Chekov was a Russian author of plays and short stories. Many of these short stories can be found in
Plays and Stories
Anton Chekhov Books
The Coen Brothers
The Coen Brothers are American film directors, producers, screenwriters, and editors. They are Joel and Ethan Coen.
The pair have produced many very successful films such as Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998) and No Country for Old Men (2007), to mention a few.
The Hudsucker Proxy
is one of their less-successful efforts, but interesting nonetheless.
The Coen Brothers Books
Gill Foreman
A Practical Guide to Working in Theatre by Gill Foreman
Gill Foreman was the Acting Head of the Young People's Programme at the Royal Shakespeare Co. and former Director of Education at the Bristol Old Vic.
Gill Foreman Books
Brian Friel
Philadelphia Here I Come by Brian Friel
Brian Friel was born in Knockmoyle, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland on January 9, 1929.
He died on October 2, 2015 in Greencastle, County Donegal, Ireland. Friel was a dramatist and a short story writer. He has been compared with Samuel Becker, Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams for the quality of his craft.
Philadelphia Here I Come
is set in the fictional town of Ballybeg, as a number of his other plays are set.
In these plays Friel offers us the vantage point to see a town developing from a small rural setting to a modern developed small city.
Henrik Ibsen
Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
This is Ibsen's last play in verse and is based on Norwegian folklore
Ben Jonson
Three Comedies by Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson was an English playwright and poet. He is regarded as second only to William Shakespeare in greatness for his Bartholomew Fair comedies. Indeed, there are those who suspect that it is Ben Johnson who scribed the plays and not Shakespeare.
Ben Jonson was born on June 11, 1572 and died on August 16, 1637.
Three Comedies
contains his best-known comedies, Volpone, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair.
Neil Jordan
Michael Collins by Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan was born in Rosses Point, Sligo, Ireland on February 25, 1950. Jordan is a film director, screenwriter, novelist among other things.
He is known mostly for The Crying Game and
Michael Collins
.
Paul Laverty
Carla's Song by Paul Laverty
CARLA`S SONG tells the story of the relationship between George, a feckless Scottish bus driver, and Carla, a refugee from Nicaragua, adrift in Glasgow.
Eduardo Machado
Floating Island Plays by Eduardo Machado
John Masefield
Tragedy of Pompey the Great by John Masefield
Sean McCann
Story of the Abbey Theatre by Sean McCann
Conor McPherson
Shining City by Conor McPherson
Martin Meisel
Shaw and the Nineteenth Century Theatre by Martin Meisel
Arthur Miller
Crucible by Arthur Miller
Wendy Nelson Cave
Who's Who in Shakespeare? by Wendy Nelson Cave
Phyllis Ryan
The Company I Kept by Phyllis Ryan
Diane Samuels
Kindertransport by Diane Samuels
Jean Paul Sartre
Altona and Other Plays by Jean Paul Sartre
Nina Shengold
The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues by Nina Shengold
George Shiels
Professor Tim by George Shiels
August Strindberg
Three Plays by August Strindberg
Kathleen Tynan
Life of Kenneth Tynan by Kathleen Tynan
Kenneth Tynan
A View of the English Stage by Kenneth Tynan
Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays by Tennessee Williams