| Description |
x, 628 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A Vintage original"--T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- [pt. 1]. Full-length plays -- Anton in show business / by Jane Martin -- Breath, boom / by Kia Corthron -- Collected stories / by Donald Margulies -- Five women wearing the same dress / by Alan Ball -- Smoking lesson / by Julia Jordan -- Stop kiss / by Diana Son -- Tongue of a bird / by Ellen McLaughlin -- [pt. 2]. One-act plays -- Happy talkin' / by Laura Shaine Cunningham -- Lost / by Mary Louise Wilson -- Medea / by Christopher Durang and Wendy Wasserstein -- No shoulder / by Nina Shengold -- [pt. 3]. Monologues Blown sideways through life / by Claudia Shear -- Crumbs from the table of joy / by Lynn Nottage -- Hillary and Soon-Yi shop for ties / by Michelle Carter -- Manhattan Casanova / by Jenny Lyn Bader -- Miriam's flowers / by Migdalia Cruz -- Princess of Babylon / by Warren Leight -- Rose / by Martin Sherman -- Times of war / by Eric Lane -- Vagina monologues / by Eve Ensler -- What a man weighs / by Sherry Kramer -- Wit / by Margaret Edson -- Contributors -- About the editors -- Permissions acknowledgments. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
American drama -- 20th century.
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American drama. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Acting -- Auditions.
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Acting -- Auditions. |
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Women -- Drama.
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Women -- Drama. |
| Genre/Form |
Monologues (Drama)
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Monologues (Drama)
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Lane, Eric.
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Shengold, Nina.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Leading women. New York : Vintage Books, 2002 (OCoLC)606887973 |
| ISBN |
0375726667 |
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9780375726668 |
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