Babe Ruth: American Hero.

<p><em>Babe Ruth, American Hero</em>is a one-person play that chronicles the life of sport's greatest legend and first superstar. The manuscript and performance represent over a year of research, writing and rehearsing. The process to produce a first draft of a manuscript began by researching biographies, autobiographies, documentaries, and the websites including Babe Ruth, the Babe Ruth Museum, and the Baseball Hall of Fame. A production staff was assembled and on April 27, 2002, at the Veterans Memorial Theatre, in Johnson City, TN, a staged reading of the play was performed before an audience. The manuscript underwent a series of rewrites, and the play premiered on October 18 and 19, 2002, at the Bud Frank Theatre, East Tennessee State University Campus.</p><p>The article that follows contains the first and final drafts of the play, as well as supplemental, promotional, and program information.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - restricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication, Professional

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Townsend, Thomas

• one-man
• homerun
• monodrama
• one-person
• play
• Babe Ruth
• baseball
• Communication
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/774

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-1931