Playwright Webquest
To answer the following questions, please use the websites provided.
1. What are their best-known works (list 3)?
2. What types of plays does this person write? Comedy? Tragedy? Tragicomedy?
3. What are some important events that happened to them? (Biographical information)
4. What are some major social issues this playwright explores? What is this writer’s stand on political issues, economic issues, social issues, religious issues, etc.?
5. How are the writings/beliefs of this playwright relevant (or not) today?
6. How do you feel about your playwright now (like/dislike)? Why?
SITES FOR
BALDWIN:
http://www.biography.com/people/james-baldwin-9196635
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/james-baldwin-about-the-author/59/
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/james-baldwin
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/podcasts/the-tragically-chronic-relevance-of-james-baldwin.html?_r=0
HELLMAN:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/lillian-hellman-about-lillian-hellman/628/
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0620.html
http://www.economist.com/node/21552535
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/lillian-hellman-is-once-again-a-presence-in-washington/2017/01/26/321462da-e199-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.html?utm_term=.efcf285934a9
SIMON:
http://www.biography.com/people/neil-simon-9484352
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/neil-simon-about-neil-simon/704/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/22/us/neil-simon-fast-facts/
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/05/03/master-of-revels
WILLIAMS:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/tennessee-williams-about-tennessee-williams/737/
http://www.biography.com/people/tennessee-williams-9532952
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/tennessee-williams
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/31/specials/williams-legacy.html
To answer the following questions, please use the websites provided.
1. What are their best-known works (list 3)?
2. What types of plays does this person write? Comedy? Tragedy? Tragicomedy?
3. What are some important events that happened to them? (Biographical information)
4. What are some major social issues this playwright explores? What is this writer’s stand on political issues, economic issues, social issues, religious issues, etc.?
5. How are the writings/beliefs of this playwright relevant (or not) today?
6. How do you feel about your playwright now (like/dislike)? Why?
SITES FOR
BALDWIN:
http://www.biography.com/people/james-baldwin-9196635
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/james-baldwin-about-the-author/59/
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/james-baldwin
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/podcasts/the-tragically-chronic-relevance-of-james-baldwin.html?_r=0
HELLMAN:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/lillian-hellman-about-lillian-hellman/628/
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0620.html
http://www.economist.com/node/21552535
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/lillian-hellman-is-once-again-a-presence-in-washington/2017/01/26/321462da-e199-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.html?utm_term=.efcf285934a9
SIMON:
http://www.biography.com/people/neil-simon-9484352
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/neil-simon-about-neil-simon/704/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/22/us/neil-simon-fast-facts/
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/05/03/master-of-revels
WILLIAMS:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/tennessee-williams-about-tennessee-williams/737/
http://www.biography.com/people/tennessee-williams-9532952
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/tennessee-williams
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/31/specials/williams-legacy.html