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Based on thorough research and courtroom transcripts, John Grogan unfolds the dramatic story of Chicago's Leopold and Loeb, two wealthy teenage boys who kidnapped and brutally murdered fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924. In this off-Broadway production, the plot divides between scenes of courtroom hearings and the boys' developing relationship, culminating in the murderous act and the boys' conviction.
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1871, but his literary reputation really took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882, which describes the decay of a marriage. His 1885 novel The Rise of Silas Lapham is perhaps his best known, describing the rise and fall of an American entrepreneur in the paint business. His social views...
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Based on Ernest J. Gaines’ National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, A LESSON BEFORE DYING is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940’s. Jefferson, a young illiterate black man, is falsely convicted of murder and is sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, the plantation schoolteacher, agrees to talk with the condemned man. The disheartened Wiggins had once harbored dreams of escaping from his impoverished youth, yet he
...14) The Naturewoman
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In the untamed wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, a young woman named Una embarks on a transformative journey that will forever alter her destiny. As she ventures deep into the heart of nature, she encounters a world of wonder and danger, where the boundaries between humanity and the animal kingdom blur.
Una's quest for self-discovery leads her to confront her own primal instincts and the complexities of human nature. Along the way, she encounters...
15) Selected plays
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Northwestern University Press
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2011
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A selection of five plays by twentieth-century author and actress Alice Childress, including "Florence," "Gold through the Trees," "Trouble in Mind," "Wedding Band : A Love/Hate Story in Black and White," and "Wine in the Wilderness.".
16) The First Man
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The First Man is an unfinished autobiographical play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. O'Neill, a Nobel laureate in Literature, is known for his groundbreaking contributions to American drama. "The First Man" was written in the 1920s but remained incomplete at the time of O'Neill's death in 1953. Despite its unfinished status, the play provides valuable insights into the playwright's life and creative process.
17) The Straw
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Excerpt: "The kitchen of the Carmody home on the outskirts of a manufacturing town in Connecticut. On the left, forward, the sink. Farther back, two windows looking out on the yard. In the left corner, rear, the icebox. Immediately to the right of it, in the rear wall, a window opening on the side porch. To the right of this, a china cupboard, and a door leading into the hall where the main front entrance to the house and the stairs to the floor above...
18) The Hairy Ape
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Although one of his lesser-known one-act plays, "The Hairy Ape," written in 1922, followed the success of his first two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays. This drama follows the disturbing dehumanization of Yank, a ship's fireman and a representation of the lower class. He feels superiority from his brute strength until he meets Mildred, the well-intentioned daughter of an extremely wealthy steel magnate. She initiates Yank's uncertainty and disillusionment...
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