There was a sense of fear amongst American people, and one of the few escapes from the real world was entertainment. ... However, in 1947 one of the most significant plays in American history opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. ... The overt sexual themes and innovative blend of realism and expressionism captivated audiences and became definitive characteristics of one of the great American playwrights, Tennessee Williams (Wilmeth 686). ... Today, it is commonplace that a director working with a playwright on the production of a play is a full collaborator in the work. ... Criti...

• Word Count: 2476
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was a time in which Canadians were referred to as "not Americans" and Canada was referred to as "not America". ... There are two Canadian playwrights who beautifully captured our roots and even more so, our identity. ...

• Word Count: 268
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Although Shakespeare's plays were performed at other venues during the playwright's career, the Globe Theatre in the Southwark district of London was the venue at which the Bard's best known stage works (including his four great tragedies) were first produced. ... In America's push to send all secondary students to four year universities, the assumption has been made that all students are interested in a liberal arts education and that all students will utilize the knowledge bestowed upon them in these humanities, social sciences, and fine arts classes. ... In America tod...

• Word Count: 902
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, since the 19th century, Shakespeare's reputation has massively gained from just being rated as just another playwright among others to having a significant role in the English language and being one of the best and honored poets in all history. A well-respected poet and playwright named Ben Jonson- who wrote a poem introduction for the First folio in honor of Shakespeare is linked to National identity because Jonson was an Englishman; however while Jonson had been more wealthy and he was more well-known, prosperous poet and playwright, highly educated and had studied English in ...

• Word Count: 2217
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the 1950s she became a nightclub performer and began careers as a singer, dancer, actor, playwright, poet, novelist, and civil rights activist. When Angelou returned to the United States after a performances in Ghana while acting, she wrote several screenplays and became the first African-American woman to have a feature film adapted from one of her own stories. ... Some mentionable awards include The American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award in 1990, The Legacy Association National Award in 1996, The Humanitarian Contribution Award in 1997, The Alston/Jones International ...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the year 1940, 75 years after slavery was abolished, African Americans were still experiencing hateful and demoralizing discrimination. ... Angelou was an acclaimed poet, author, dancer, actress, playwright, director, and civil rights activist. ... This quotation exemplifies the lack of common courtesy African Americans received- even at their public event- by white people. ... Angelou begins to question her own self-meaning and how being an African American woman discounted her in society. It is not until Angelou sings along with Henry Reed that she discovers the gratification of being an ...

• Word Count: 1074
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The pursuit of these so-called "witches" in Salem began in his house, and because of this tipping point became an idea deeply embedded into the minds of Americans. ... In the play, she is seen as a 40 year old African American woman, perpetuating the stereotype that most witches, according to Karlsen, were of middle age or older. ... As a playwright, Miller had the creative freedom to dramatize and enhance the happenings of the Salem Witch Trials. ...

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day literature was made by the famous American-English poet, playwright, editor and critic Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a man of varied and distinguished talent and the initiator of a whole revolution in style within present-day poetry. ... It was in Harvard that Eliot's personality really started to shape under the influence of the critic Irving Babbitt, who led his classes in literature, and Professor George Santayana, the famous American poet of the period and expert in Oriental Philosophy. ... Besides, in the Old World Eliot faced ...

• Word Count: 1915
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The debacle of World War I and the rise of the Fascist governments in Italy and Germany that shattered the economies of the European continent and stunted the growth of the industry there, assured the international dominance of the American corporations. ... Filmmakers in general worked more closely with established painters, musicians, and playwrights than the Americans did because the new medium appealed to the avant-garde movement that was then establishing itself. ... This dark, moody school of filmmaking was brought to America when the Nazis gained power and a number of German fil...

• Word Count: 2143
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Yeats was a renowned poet, playwright and a senator and this elevated social position of his is shown throughout the 1st stanza of Easter 1916. ... This view can be universally appreciated even as of today as nations such as America frequently publicise the deeds of their soldiers in Afghanistan whilst the media occasionally retaliates on these claims; causing conflict. ...

• Word Count: 1908
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After years of dominating the industry through producing "white telephone " films, film critics began to harshly criticize its attempts to imitate American film and suggested that there be more realism coming from Italians. ...

• Word Count: 2609
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate