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American Drama, v. 5, Spring, 1996. Reproduced by permission.—Ball State University Forum, Summer, 1986. Copyright (c) 1986 by Ball State University. Reproduced by permission.—Essays in Theatre, v. 21, November, 1983 for “Deconstructing Realism in Ibsen’s The Master Builder,” by Richard Hornby. Reproduced by permission of the author.—New Republic, v. 159, October 26, 1968; v. 187, August 2, 1982. Both reproduced by permission.—Public Historian, v. 21, Winter, 1999. Reproduced by permission.— Theatre Journal, v. 49, October, 1997. Reproduced by permission.—Western Humanities Review, v. 23, Autumn, 1969. Reproduced by permission.

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Adell, Sandra. From “Speaking of Ma Rainey/ Talking about the Blues,” in May All Your Fences Have Gates: Essays on the Drama of August Wilson. Edited by Alan Nadel. University of Iowa Press, 1994. Reproduced by permission.—Falk, Signi Lenea. From “Later Poetry and Drama,” in Archibald MacLeish. Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1965. The Gale Group.—Innes, Christopher. From “Adapating Dickens to the Modern Eye: Nicholas Nickleby and Little Dorrit,” in Novel Images: Literature in Performance. Edited by Peter Reynolds. Routledge, 1993. Reproduced by permission.—Kelley, Margot A. From “Life near Death: Art of Dying in Recent American Drama,” in Text and Presentation. Edited by Karelisa Hartigan. University Press of America, 1988. Reproduced by permission.—Kimball, Sue L. From “Games People Play in Congreve’s The Way of the World,” in A Provision of Human Nature: Essays on Fielding and Others in Honor of Miriam Austin Locke. University of Alabama Press, 1977. Reproduced by permission.— McWilliams, James L., III. From The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 7: Twentieth- Century American Dramatists, Part 2, K–Z. Gale Group, 1981.—Morgan, Margery. From “The Mas- ter Builder,” in The International Dictionary of Theatre: Plays. Edited by Mark Hawkins-Dady. St. James Press, 1992. The Gale Group.—Shuman, R. Baird. From “Sherwood’s Universal Microcosms,” in Robert Emmet Sherwood. College & University Press, 1964. Reproduced by permission.

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Baldwin, James, photograph. Archive Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Congreve, William, print. Archive Photos. Reproduced by permission.— Craig, Wendy as Mrs. Malaprop, Benjamin Whitrow, as Sir Anthony Absolute, in a scene from the 2000 theatrical production of “The Rivals,” by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, photograph. © Donald Cooper/ Photostage. Reproduced by permission.—Cristofer, Michael, Gambier, Ohio, 1978, photograph. AP/ Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.— The Diary of Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett dramatization, week of September 20, 1956 cover of Playbill: The National Theatre Magazine, Joseph Schildkraut, as Mr. Frank embracing Susan Strasberg, as Anne Frank, Cort Theatre, Broadway, photograph. Playbill ® is a registered trademark of Playbill Incorporated, N.Y.C. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Duffy, Maureen, photograph. © Jerry Bauer. Reproduced by permission.—Edgar, David, photograph by Mark Gerson. Reproduced by permission of Mark Gerson.—Engraving from the 1909 book Sheridan: From New and Original Material, written by Walter Sichel, Old Quin (foreground left) standing, Lord Lyttelton walking with cane, surrounded by parade crowd, North Parade turning into Pierpoint Street, Bath, England.—Gable, Clark as Henry Van, doing a card trick for small crowd, scene from the 1939 film Idiot’s Delight, directed by Clarence Brown, photograph. The Kobal Collection. Reproduced by permission.—Goodrich, Frances, and Albert Hackett, 1956, photograph. The Corbis Collection. Reproduced by permission.— Grout, James as Sir Wilfull Witwoud ®, John Moffatt, as Witwoud, scene from the 1984 theatrical production The Way of the World, by William Congreve, Sir Wilfull Witwoud touching Witwoud’s long wig, on stage at Theatre Royal, London, photograph. © Donald Cooper/Photostage. Reproduced by permission.—Ibsen, Henrik, photograph. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—JB, by Archibald MacLeish with Nan Martin, during the week of March 23, 1959 from the cover of Playbill: The National Theatre Magazine, Volume 3, Number 12, Anta Theatre, Broadway, photograph. Playbill ® is a registered trademark of Playbill Incorporated, N.Y.C. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Jones, James Earl as Jack Jefferson, in a scene from the 1970 film The Great White Hope, directed by Martin Ritt, photograph. The Kobal Collection. Reproduced by permission.—Kay, Lila (far left), as Mrs. Crummies, Christopher Benjamin (sitting), as Vincent Crummies, Suzanne Bertish (sitting on lap), as Fanny Squeers, Roger Rees (holding Fanny on lap), as Nicholas Nickleby, scene from the 1980–1981 theatrical production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, written by Charles Dickens, adapted by David Edgars, photograph. © Donald Cooper/Photostage. Reproduced by permission.— The Last Night of Ballyhoo, by Alfred Uhry, February 1997 cover of Playbill: The National Theatre Magazine, Volume 97, Number 2, illustration with text and graphics, Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway, photograph. Playbill ® is a registered trademark of Playbill Incorporated, N.Y.C. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Macleish, Archibald, photograph. The Library of Congress.—Mamet, David Alan, Rebecca Pidgeon, 1991, Cannes, France, photograph by Jose Goitia. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Marcell, Joseph (left), as Tick, Hugh Quarshie, as Jack Jefferson, scene from the 1987 theatrical production of The Great White Hope, written by Howard Sackler, photograph. © Donald Cooper/Photostage. Reproduced by permission.—The Master Builder, by Henrik Ibsen, March 1992 cover of Playbill: The National Theatre Magazine, Volume 92, Number 3, Belasco Theatre, photograph. Playbill ® is a registered trademark of Playbill Incorporated, N.Y.C. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Perkins, Millie (bottom center) in the title role, left to right, Joseph Schildkraut, Gusti Huber, Lou Jacobi, Richard Beymer, and Diane Baker peaking out a broken window in the film version of The Diary of Anne Frank, 1959, photograph. Archive Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Reunion by David Mamet, November 1979 cover of Showbill, Circle Repertory Company, Broadway, photograph. Playbill ® is a registered trademark of Playbill Incorporated, N.Y.C. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Rutherford, Margaret, as Lady Wishfort, wearing elaborate hat and dress, looking away from camera, from the 1953 theatrical production of The Way of the World, written by William Congreve, on stage at Lyric Hammersmith, London, England, photograph. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—The Shadow Box, by Michael Cristofer, December 1977 cast list and cover from Playbill: The National Theatre Magazine, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway, photograph. Playbill ® is a registered trademark of Playbill Incorporated, N.Y.C. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, photograph. The Library of Congress.—Sherwood, Robert, photograph. The Library of Congress.— The Shrike, by Joseph Kramm, week of February 11, 1952 cover of Playbill: The National Theatre Magazine, Cort Theatre, Broadway, photograph. Playbill ® is a registered trademark of Playbill Incorporated, N.Y.C. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Uhry, Alfred, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.— Wilson, August, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Wood, John as Halvard Solness, Joanne Pearce, as Hilde Wangel, scene from the 1989 theatrical production of The Master Builder, by Henrik Ibsen, on stage at Theatre Royal, London, England, photograph. © Donald Cooper/Photostage. Reproduced by permission.— Woods-Coleman, Carol, as Ma Rainey, singing into microphone as Jacqueline de Peza, as Dussie Mae, sits and watches her, from the 1989 theatrical production of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, by August Wilson, on stage at National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre, photograph. © Donald Cooper/Photostage. Reproduced by permission.