Amnon Kabatchnik
Amnon Kabatchnik (COM’54) of Santa Monica, Calif., published two new installments in the fall in his celebrated Blood on the Stage series: Blood on the Stage, 1600 to 1800: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem and Blood on the Stage, 1800 to 1900 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017). The award-winning reference series analyzes plays of crime and punishment and has been honored by the Benjamin Franklin Awards, the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards, and the Independent Book Publishers Awards. These two installments are the sixth and seventh releases in the collection, and “cover 100 milestone thrillers depicting theft, chicanery, treachery, court intrigue, incest, kidnapping, and murder,” Amnon writes. “The books focus both on manuscripts that passed the test of time as well as long-forgotten plays that deserve renewed scrutiny.” Amnon, who has an MFA in directing from the Yale School of Drama, has served as a professor of theater at several universities, including Stanford University and Ohio State University, and has directed numerous dramas, comedies, thrillers, and musicals for off-Broadway productions, national road companies, resident theaters, and summer stock. In addition to the Blood on the Stage volumes, he is also the author ofSherlock Holmes on the Stage: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Plays Featuring the Great Detective (Scarecrow Press, 2008). Visit www.amnonkabatchnik.com.
From the Winter-Spring 2015 issue.