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Bradley Steffens (born February 10, 1955) is an American author, poet, playwright, and lyricist. He is the author of 28 nonfiction books for children and young adults.〔"Library of Congress Online Catalog: Bradley Steffens". United States Library of Congress.〕 ==Early professional work== In the mid-1970s Steffens self-published two chapbooks of his poetry,〔Bradley Steffens, ''From an Eighteenth Century Painted Tile and Other Poems''. San Rafael: Sack Back Publications,1975. Anonymous, ''From the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters: An Anonymous Romance of Theatric Space,and Six Anonymous Songs''. San Rafael: Sack Back Publications, 1976. http://books.google.com/books/about/From_an_eighteenth_century_painted_tile.html? id=kTcGHwAACAAJ, http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B003UNTG72/ref=dp_olp_0? ie=UTF8&redirect=true&condition=all〕 which he sold on the streets of Southern California. In 1976, the City of Laguna Beach, California, denied Steffens a permit to sell his works within the city limits, touching off brouhaha in the local press.〔Janice Brownfield, ''Reporter vs. Publisher''. Santa Ana, California: Alpenstock Publishing, 1986, pp. 46-47.〕 Steffens went to court, seeking relief under the First Amendment, but the court ruled in favor of the city. Steffens turned to writing a series of one-act plays-in-verse, which were professionally produced as “Herod the Great: A Sequence of Pageants” by the Olympia Arts Ensemble in Minneapolis in 1981 with Michael Yonkers in the title role. Noel Bredahl of the ''St. Paul Post-Dispatch'' hailed the play as "an awesome creation on the part of the playwright.〔Noel BreDahl (April 9, 1981). “What’s playing on area stages.” ''St. Paul Dispatch'', p. 3B.〕 David Hawley, also of the ''St. Paul Post Dispatch'', wrote, “Steffens is a powerful, talented artist."〔David Hawley (April 6, 1981). “’Herod’ suffers from uncontrolled excess.” ''St. Paul Post-Dispatch'', p. 14A.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bradley Steffens (born February 10, 1955) is an American author, poet, playwright, and lyricist. He is the author of 28nonfiction books for children and young adults."Library of Congress Online Catalog: Bradley Steffens". United States Library of Congress.==Early professional work==In the mid-1970s Steffens self-published two chapbooks of his poetry,Bradley Steffens, ''From an Eighteenth Century Painted Tile and Other Poems''. San Rafael: Sack Back Publications,1975. Anonymous, ''From the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters: An Anonymous Romance of Theatric Space,and Six Anonymous Songs''. San Rafael: Sack Back Publications, 1976. http://books.google.com/books/about/From_an_eighteenth_century_painted_tile.html?id=kTcGHwAACAAJ, http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B003UNTG72/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&condition=all which he sold on the streets of SouthernCalifornia. In 1976, the City of Laguna Beach, California, denied Steffens a permit to sell his works within thecity limits, touching off brouhaha in the local press.Janice Brownfield, ''Reporter vs. Publisher''. Santa Ana, California: Alpenstock Publishing, 1986, pp. 46-47. Steffens went to court, seeking relief under the First Amendment, but the court ruled in favor of the city. Steffens turned to writing a series of one-act plays-in-verse,which were professionally produced as “Herod the Great: A Sequence of Pageants” by the Olympia Arts Ensemblein Minneapolis in 1981 with Michael Yonkers in the title role. Noel Bredahl of the ''St. Paul Post-Dispatch'' hailedthe play as "an awesome creation on the part of the playwright.Noel BreDahl (April 9, 1981). “What’s playing on area stages.” ''St. Paul Dispatch'', p. 3B. David Hawley, also of the ''St. Paul Post Dispatch'', wrote, “Steffens is a powerful, talented artist."David Hawley (April 6, 1981). “’Herod’ suffers from uncontrolled excess.” ''St. Paul Post-Dispatch'', p. 14A.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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