TY - CHAP
T1 - Nick Enright
T2 - A Life in Theatre
AU - Pender, Anne
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Nick Enright wrote more than fifty plays for the stage, television and radio, translated and adapted plays, and taught acting to students in varied settings both in Australia and the United States. His repertoire included comedy, social realism, farce, fantasy and the musical. In addition to his prodigious contribution to all of these genres, he was a passionate advocate for the actor and the theatre in contemporary society. This chapter summarises Nick Enright's career in theatre and serves to introduce the essays in this volume by locating them in relation to that career.
AB - Nick Enright wrote more than fifty plays for the stage, television and radio, translated and adapted plays, and taught acting to students in varied settings both in Australia and the United States. His repertoire included comedy, social realism, farce, fantasy and the musical. In addition to his prodigious contribution to all of these genres, he was a passionate advocate for the actor and the theatre in contemporary society. This chapter summarises Nick Enright's career in theatre and serves to introduce the essays in this volume by locating them in relation to that career.
KW - Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
UR - http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an43553881
UR - http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7zaev0q4BA4C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q=&f=false
UR - http://www.rodopi.nl/functions/search.asp?BookId=AP+12
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789042024601
T3 - Australian playwrights
SP - 17
EP - 26
BT - Nick Enright: An Actor's Playwright
A2 - Pender, Anne
A2 - Lever, Susan
PB - Rodopi Press
CY - Amsterdam, Netherlands
ER -