A biographical play that draws on Emily Dickinson's poems and letters and firsthand accounts of relatives and friends to recreate the life and spirit of the great American poet.

The Belle of Amherst

LUCE, WILLIAM

[Emily Dickinson (subject)]

Houghton/Mifflin

A biographical play that draws on Emily Dickinson's poems and letters and firsthand accounts of relatives and friends to recreate the life and spirit of the great American poet

The Belle of Amherst: A Play Based on the Life of Emily Dickinson

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Houghton, Mifflin Company

Brontë begins in 1849 with Charlotte, at thirty-three, returning from Scarborough, where she has buried Anne, her youngest sister.

Bronte : A Solo Portrait of Charlotte Bronte

Concord Theatricals

Biographical drama
A play based on the life of Emily Dickinson 
 Characters: 1 female 
Interior Set 
 The Belle of Amherst delicately explores the life of America's greatest woman poet at various stages in her experience from the age of 15, when she was full of hope and success, until she died at 56, a virtual recluse with her door closed against society. Her life is recreated with liberal excerpts from her poetry and by the method of her playing the roles of her father, teacher and friends. Julie Harris played the role on Broadway to great acclaim and won the 1977 Tony Award for Best Actress. 
"Magnificent.... Full of passion and poetry and heart.... An arresting, riveting experience." - New York Daily News 
 "One of the most singularly beautiful evenings I've ever spent in the theater. . . . A beautiful play." - Boston Globe

The Belle of Amherst: A One-Woman Play

William, Luce

Samuel French Trade

From the skilled author of The Belle of Amherst and Barrymore. Julie Harris starred on Broadway and in the national tour as Baroness Karen Blixen, aka Isak Dinesen, author of Out of Africa and Seven Gothic Tales. Preparing for a trip to America, the flamboyant author tells of how she traveled to Africa, married a baron, and suffered his neglect and faithlessness while contracting syphillis in the bargain. In Act Two, she reveals delightful tales of her exploits as the toast of New York. This one-woman tour-de-force offers insights and anecdotes galore, a truly captivating portrait of this gifted woman who triumphed over adversity to become one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century.

Lucifer's child: A one-woman play based on the writings of Isak Dinesen

Samuel. French

Christopher Plummer won a Tony for his portrayal of John Barrymore in the acclaimed Broadway production of this work by the master of one-character biographies for the stage.

Barrymore

Dramatic Comedy Characters: 6 male, 3 female Unit Set After a scathing review 15 years ago, a once-celebrated painter faded into impoverished obscurity. Can one chance encounter resurrect this volatile artist from obscurity and re-launch him to overnight success? Theresa Rebeck skillfully compares the gritty urban realities of lives lived on the edge with the capricious intrigues of the uptown gallery scene where fame might just be a matter of who you know and reputations can be bought and sold. 
"Ms. Rebeck writes passionlessly about passion, colorlessly about art, self-importantly about the poor, tritely about the rich, humorlessly about the ludicrousness of art as commerce." -The New York Times 
"Meaningful questions of morality, aesthetics and class conflict." -The Seattle Times"Underneath her satirical surface, equal to the best of Richard Brinsley Sheridan in The School for Scandal, Rebeck rekindles the troubling assertion that it was the support of the political, financial and artistic establishment that made possible the triumph of absract expressionist paintings and transferred the capital of the art world from Paris to New York." -New Haven Register

Abstract Expression

Rebeck, Theresa

William Luce Biographical Monologue Character: 1 female Interior Set Based on her letters and stories, this exciting play is the definitive portrait of Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald: the glamorous, fun loving and tragic Zelda. As in The Belle of Amherst, Lucifer's Child and Bronte, Luce reveals the contradictions and mysteries of an extraordinary woman while fashioning a moving yet witty play. Set in an insane asylum on the last day of Zelda's life, the play unfolds as a hypnotic session. Zelda tells of her innocent rebellion as a southern belle, of her destructive marriage and of her mental disintegration. 
"A cry of the heart that relentlessly delivers the truth."-The New York Times

The Last Flapper: A One Woman Play

Bravo Caruso! A Play

A One-Woman Play Based on the Autobiographical Works of LILLIAN HELLMAN. A sensitive, revealing portrait of one of our theatre's immortals, which captures both the feisty, combative public persona and the compassionate, humorous woman known only to those of closer acquaintance.

Lillian

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