The Plays of Beth Henley: A Critical Study

by Gene A. Plunka

Beth Henley's twelve complete plays (three of which have been turned into films) have achieved worldwide production. At age 29, she produced her first full-length drama, Crimes of the Heart, which won a Pulitzer Prize and garnered three Academy Award nominations as a film. Her Mississippi upbringing and her penchant for the eccentricities of southern culture, however, have caused critics to categorize her writing as a kind of southern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786420812
• ISBN13: 9780786420810
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher