The Playwright’s Muse
The Playwright’s Muse by Joan Herrington, published by Psychology Press in 2002, offers a unique exploration of the creative processes behind American drama. This edition spans 310 pages and features never-before-published interviews with eleven prominent playwrights, all of whom are recent Pulitzer Prize winners. Through these conversations, readers gain insight into the inspirations and experiences that shape the work of these influential figures in theater.
In The Playwright’s Muse, readers will discover how each playwright navigated their careers, from the challenges they faced to the motivations that drive their writing. The book includes introductory essays that provide context about each playwright’s life and contributions to contemporary theater, enriching the understanding of their artistic journeys. With a focus on biography, literary criticism, and the performing arts, this work serves as a valuable resource for anyone interested in the dynamics of playwriting and the evolution of American drama.
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August Wilson penned his first play after seeing a man shot to death. Horton Foote began writing plays to create parts for himself as an actor. Edward Albee faced commercial pressures to modify his scripts-and resisted. After Wit , Margaret Edson swore off playwriting altogether and decided to keep her day job as a kindergarten teacher, instead. The Playwright’s Muse presents never-before-published interviews with some of the greatest names of American drama-all recent winners of the Pulitzer Prize. In these scintillating exchanges with eleven leading dramatists, we learn about their inspirations and begin to grasp how the creative process works in the mind of a writer. We learn how their first plays took shape, how it felt to read their first reviews, and what keeps them writing for theater today. Introductory essays on each playwright’s life and work, written by theater artists and scholars with strong professional relationships to their subjects, provide additional insight into the writers’ contributions to contemporary theater.
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