ABSTRACT

This is the first full-length study devoted to the art of A.R. Gurney, a major contemporary American playwright who has written over thirty plays, including Love Letters. This volume brings together original interviews with Gurney and four actors and a director who have worked closely with him, as well as essays by leading theater scholars on the range of Gurney's work.

chapter |14 pages

A.R.Gurney: An Introduction

part |2 pages

PART I Interviews

chapter |18 pages

An Interview with A.R.Gurney

chapter |12 pages

An Interview with John Cunningham

chapter |10 pages

An Interview with Holland Taylor

chapter |12 pages

An Interview with Debra Mooney

chapter |10 pages

An Interview with John Tillinger

part |2 pages

PART II Essays

part |2 pages

PART III Articles by A.R.Gurney

chapter |4 pages

A Sacred Place

chapter |4 pages

Pushing the Walls of Dramatic Form

chapter |4 pages

The Dinner Party

chapter |2 pages

Conversation Piece

chapter |4 pages

Critical Condition

chapter |4 pages

When the Final Act Is Only A Beginning

chapter |4 pages

Afterword: A Cue for Gurney Studies

chapter |4 pages

Chronology of A.R.Gurney’s Works

chapter |4 pages

A Bibliography of A.R.Gurney’s Works

chapter |2 pages

Contributors