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 Jose Rivera's 36 Assumptions About Playwriting
Rivera says: Over the years, I've had the good fortune to teach writing in a number of schools from second-grade to graduate school. I usually just wing it. But lately, I've decided to think about the assumptions I've been working under and to write them down. The following is an unscientific, gut-level survey of the assumptions I have about writing plays, in no particular order of importance.
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