2024 the best actors of the 21st century review

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(Applause Acting Series). This foray into the deeply serious and deeply funny (sometimes at the same time) world of life after 40 focuses primarily on scenes that depict the struggles of contemporary characters to come to terms with disappointment and obsolescence or to redeem their lives from the mistakes or miscalculations of their youth. It draws heavily on American classics like Long Day's Journey into Night , Death of a Salesman , The Price , Glengarry Glen Ross , Fences , and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , as well as more recent classics-in-the-making like August: Osage County , Good People , and God of Carnage . There is also ample representation from British playwrights like Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Simon Gray, and Peter Nichols, whose work also explores this territory of growing older in a society obsessed by youth and novelty.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M5LFA2Y
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (August 1, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1310 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 434 pages
Reviewer: Mary McGrath
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Seems like a good compilation so far
Review: Seems like a good compilation so far

Reviewer: B. Yvonne
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good reference.
Review: There are some good plays for those wanting to do performances with an older cast. There is a good mix of characters and subject matter. Would recommend.