A.R. Gurney: A CasebookArvid F. Sponberg This is the first full-length study devoted to the art of A.R. Gurney, a major contemporary American playwright who has written over thirty plays, including Love Letters. This volume brings together original interviews with Gurney and four actors and a director who have worked closely with him, as well as essays by leading theater scholars on the range of Gurney's work. |
Contents
INTERVIEWS | 15 |
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN CUNNINGHAM | 35 |
AN INTERVIEW WITH DEBRA MOONEY | 55 |
ESSAYS | 77 |
WHERE DOES THE WASP KEEP ITS STING? | 94 |
REALIZING | 112 |
PUSHING THE WALLS OF DRAMATIC FORM | 138 |
WHAT OFT WAS THOUGHT | 149 |
ARTICLES BY A R GURNEY | 169 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES JULY 27 1986 | 174 |
WHEN THE FINAL ACT IS ONLY A BEGINNING | 189 |
HIGH TIME FOR COMEDY AND POLITICAL OUTRAGE | 203 |
Contributors | 219 |
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