Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Henry David Hwang

Henry David Hwang is a Pulitzer Prize Winning playwright. Please read about him at the link. Click here for an interview with the playwright, and here's a tv spot with Hwang.

Hwang is best known for his play M. Butterfly. It was this play that gave him a Pulitzer in 1989.

M. Butterfly Trailer (film by David Cronenberg, starring Jeremy Irons)
A clip from the play, performed at the Tony Awards by John Lithgow.

1000 Airplanes on the Roof: Music by Philip Glass

HOMEWORK: Please read the monologue play by Hwang: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof.
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