Plays and Playwrights:
Models, Milestones and Masterpieces
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
Ivanov (1887/89)
The Seagull (1896)
Uncle Vanya (1897)
Three Sisters (1900)
The Cherry Orchard (1903)
** In-depth Discussion: Examining the Good Dr. Chekhov
Part 1: Examining the Good Dr. Chekhov
Part 2: His Character
Part 3: Squeezing out the Slave Drop by Drop
Alice Childress (1916-1994)
Florence (1949)
Gold through the Trees (1952)
Trouble in Mind (1955)
Wedding Band (1966)
Wine in the Wilderness (1969)
** In-depth Discussion: 'Who's Afraid of Alice Childress?' (Program Notes for 2015 PRC Production of 'Trouble in Mind')
** Related Blog: A Troubled Marriage: Dramatizing Interracial Separation and Harmony (June 21, 2015)
Paul Green (1894-1981)
In Abraham's Bosom (1926)
The House of Connelly (1931)
Hymn to the Rising Sun (1935)
Johnny Johnson (1936)
The Lost Colony (1937)
** In-depth Discussion: UNC's Paul Green: a like-mind in a different time (Blog, Sept 3, 2015)
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
Death of a Salesman (1949)
The Crucible (1953)
** In-depth Discussion: 'Salem, McCarthy, and the Spectre of Mass Hysteria' (Program Notes for a 2016 PRC Production of "The Crucible")
** Related Blog: Why the Salem Witch Trials and 'The Crucible' Still Matter (Jan 3, 2017)