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Lane Library mobile media resources hunt for drama. English 1102 – Professor Warner By: Kevin, Kyle, Shauna, & Emily. Media Specialist. The librarian speaking with E mily about locating a source for a critical analysis of Jane Martin’s Beauty. Handouts.
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Lane Library mobile media resources hunt for drama English 1102 – Professor Warner By: Kevin, Kyle, Shauna, & Emily
Media Specialist The librarian speaking with Emily about locating a source for a critical analysis of Jane Martin’s Beauty
Handouts This handout explains how to use catalog for books as well as the database for articles. You can find books about the playwrights we have studied in class .
Biography August Wilson · He was an award- winning American playwright who chronicled the African-American experience through a series of ten plays. · He was born Frederick August Kittel, Jr. on April 27, 1945 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, PA. · His father was a German immigrant named Frederick August Kittel and his mother was an African- American woman named Daisy Wilson. · From a young age, Wilson began to read such writers as WEB DuBois, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright, which influenced his own writing. · From a young age, Wilson began to read such writers as WEB DuBois, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright, which influenced his own writing. A List of Mr. Wilson's Plays (in written order): 1979 - Jitney 1982 - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 1983 - Fences 1984 - Joe Turner's Come and Gone 1986 - The Piano Lesson 1990 - Two Trains Running 1995 - Seven Guitars 2001 - King Hedley II 2003 - Gem of the Ocean 2005 - Radio Golf · He won many awards from 1985 – 2011 total of 22 awards · Tried creating a new cultural mythology “The one thing we did not have as black Americans was a mythology.” -wilson · Early in 2005, Mr. Wilson was diagnosed with liver cancer. He passed away on October 2 of that year. His legacy lives on, however, through his plays and the lives he touched. From AugustWilson.net: · “Mournfully, his bright light shines no more. The man who made us laugh, made us cry, and gave the world tremendous insight into the rich world of African American music, culture, and values passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2005 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA. http://www.augustwilson.net/
Dramatic DVD Kyle and Kevin holding a dvd copy of the Glass Menagerie, from the library media services
Ebrary • Ebrary find of a LadricaMenson-Furr’s work on the play Fences.
LITERATI – LOCATING A TERM We looked up the word soliloquy
FILMS ON DEMAND WE LOOKED FOR A DRAMATIC PIECE OF WORK ON FILMS ON DEMAND BUT THE TYPES OF MOVIES ON THAT WEBSITE ARE MORE LIKE DOCUMENTARIES.
THEATER SUBJECT GUIDE • A theater guide on American Theater from 1700 to 1999.
University Library Systems • Request made for a book about Fences.
Learning Commons Learning in the learning commons in room 112! Whaddup!