Publications
Central to A.C.T.'s mission is the development of a lively and thought-provoking dialogue with our community. A.C.T.'s publications are designed to enhance the theatergoing experience, offering the audience a variety of ways to learn about the plays, productions, and people who make theater happen on A.C.T.'s stages.
Insight into the Play, the Playwright, and the Production
Each entertaining and informative issue of Words on Plays, A.C.T.'s in-depth performance guide series, contains a synopsis, advance program notes, study questions, and additional background information about the historical and cultural context of the play.
"Words on Plays is a terrific resource for the theatergoer who wants some context or background on the production. The original essays are usually as entertaining and well written as they are informative. The selection of topics and source materials is creative and thought provoking. . . . I almost always find some new information or intriguing point of view." —Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle Theater Critic
Purchase Words on Plays
To subscribe to a full or partial season of Words on Plays ($10 each), or receive the electronic edition of Words on Plays ($5 each), please call 415.749.2250.
Individual copies of Words on Plays are available for purchase in the lobby of the theater, at the A.C.T. box office (415 Geary Street), and online for $10 each + postage and handling or $5 each for the electronic edition (in PDF format).
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Insight into the Play, the Playwright, and the Production
Each entertaining and informative issue of Words on Plays, A.C.T.'s in-depth performance guide series, contains a synopsis, advance program notes, study questions, and additional background information about the historical and cultural context of the play.
Words on Plays is available for purchase in the lobby of the theater during performances or online ($10 each + postage and handling or $5 each for the electronic edition). For more information about how to subscribe to a full or partial season, click here.
Words on Plays Prepared by
Dan Rubin, Editor
Cait Robinson, Publications Fellow
Elizabeth Brodersen, Director of Education
Table of Contents
| 1. |
Characters, Cast, and Synopsis of Black Watch |
| 3. |
Writer's Notes |
| 6. |
Director's Note |
| 8. |
Culture Shock A Brief Biography of Writer Gregory Burke
by Cait Robinson |
| 11. |
The Making of Black Watch
by Cait Robinson |
| 16. |
"Three Hundred Years ay Being in the Shite"
The Golden Thread of the Black Watch
by Dan Rubin |
| 26. |
Hearts and Minds
The Black Watch in Iraq
by Cait Robinson |
| 33. |
The Pipes and Drums
The Black Watch Bandsmen
by Dan Rubin |
| 35. |
A History of the Mission Armory |
| 42. |
Places Mentioned in Black Watch |
| 44. |
Understanding Scottish |
| 47. |
Black Watch Regimental Timeline |
| 50. |
"The Gallant Forty-Twa" A Black Watch Song Explained
by Dan Rubin |
| 52. |
Questions to Consider / For Further Information . . . |
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Words on Plays Prepared by
Dan Rubin, Editor
Elizabeth Brodersen, Director of Education
Michael Paller, Resident Dramaturg
Cait Robinson, Publications Fellow
Table of Contents
| 1. |
Characters, Cast, and Synopsis of Arcadia |
| 6. |
Every Beautiful Thread
A Conversation with Arcadia Director Carey Perloff
by Michael Paller |
| 14. |
Bringing the Wild In
An Interview with Scenic Designer Douglas W. Schmidt
by Cait Robinson |
| 18. |
Balancing Silhouettes
An Interview with Costume Designer Alex Jaeger
by Cait Robinson |
| 22. |
A Brief Biography of Tom Stoppard
by Dan Rubin |
| 25. |
Chaos in Arcadia
by Elizabeth Brodersen |
| 30. |
Geometry and the Garden
by John Barrell |
| 33. |
Romanticism: Free and Individual
by Michael Paller |
| 38. |
Lord Byron: A Life Well Lived
by Margo Whitcomb |
| 44. |
An Arcadia Glossary |
| 57. |
Arcadia Correspondence Between Carey Perloff and Tom Stoppard for A.C.T.'s 1995 Production |
| 60. |
Questions to Consider / For Further Information . . . |
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