American Drama Between The Wars
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American Drama Between The Wars
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Author : Jordan Yale Miller
language : en
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Release Date : 1991
American Drama Between The Wars written by Jordan Yale Miller and has been published by Twayne Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Drama categories.
This is a concise critical history of the era in which American dramatists developed a style of their own, distinct from their British counterparts and European forebears. The Little Theatre Movement receives close attention, as do major playwrights Eugene O'Neill and Lillian Hellman.
Staging The War
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Author : Albert Wertheim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-03-16
Staging The War written by Albert Wertheim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-16 with Drama categories.
What happened in American drama in the years between the Depression and the conclusion of World War II? How did war make its impact on the theatre? More important, how was drama used during the war years to shape American beliefs and actions? Albert Wertheim's Staging the War brings to light the important role played by the drama during what might arguably be called the most important decade in American history. As much of the country experienced the dislocation of military service and work in war industries, the dramatic arts registered the enormous changes to the boundaries of social classes, ethnicities, and gender roles. In research ranging over more than 150 plays, Wertheim discusses some of the well-known works of the period, including The Time of Your Life, Our Town, Watch on the Rhine, and All My Sons. But he also uncovers little-known and largely unpublished plays for the stage and radio, by such future luminaries as Arthur Miller and Frank Loesser, including those written at the behest of the U.S. government or as U.S.O. musicals. The American son of refugees who escaped the Third Reich in 1937, Wertheim gives life to this vital period in American history.
The Facts On File Companion To American Drama
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Author : Jackson R. Bryer
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2010
The Facts On File Companion To American Drama written by Jackson R. Bryer and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Features a comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the early days of the nation to the groundbreaking works of today's best writers.
Modern American Drama Playwriting In The 1930s
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Author : Anne Fletcher
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-14
Modern American Drama Playwriting In The 1930s written by Anne Fletcher and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material. The major playwrights and their works to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include: * Clifford Odets: Waiting for Lefty (1935), Awake and Sing! (1935) and Golden Boy (1937); * Lillian Hellman: The Children's Hour (1934), The Little Foxes (1939), and Days to Come (1936); * Langston Hughes: Mulatto (1935), Mule Bone (1930, with Zora Neale Hurston) and Little Ham (1936); * Gertrude Stein: Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938), Four Saints in Three Acts (written in 1927, published in 1932) and Listen to Me (1936).
Contemporary American Drama
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Author : Annette Saddik
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2007-09-13
Contemporary American Drama written by Annette Saddik and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts that experiment with form and content, discussing influential playwrights and performance artists such as Tennessee Williams, Adrienne Kennedy, Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Charles Ludlum, Anna Deavere Smith, Karen Finley and Will Power, alongside avant-garde theatre groups. Saddik traces the development of contemporary drama since 1945, and discusses the cross-cultural impact of postwar British and European innovations on American theatre from the 1950s to the present day in order to examine the performance of American identity. She argues that contemporary American theatre is primarily a postmodern drama of inclusion and diversity that destabilizes the notion of fixed identity and questions the nature of reality.
A History Of The American Drama
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Author : Arthur Hobson Quinn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
A History Of The American Drama written by Arthur Hobson Quinn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with American drama categories.
American Realism And American Drama 1880 1940
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Author : Brenda Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1987-08-27
American Realism And American Drama 1880 1940 written by Brenda Murphy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-08-27 with Drama categories.
The importance of Native American realism is traced through a study of the evolution of dramatic theory from the early 1890s through World War I and the uniquely American innovations in realistic drama between world wars.
Encyclopedia Of American Drama
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Author : Jackson R. Bryer
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Release Date : 2015-04-22
Encyclopedia Of American Drama written by Jackson R. Bryer and has been published by Infobase Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-22 with American drama categories.
Provides a comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the early days of the nation to American classics such as Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Thornton Wilder's Our Town to the groundbreaking works of today's best writers.
Reader S Guide To Literature In English
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Author : Mark Hawkins-Dady
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Reader S Guide To Literature In English written by Mark Hawkins-Dady and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Reference categories.
Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.
The Cambridge History Of American Theatre
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Author : Don B. Wilmeth
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998
The Cambridge History Of American Theatre written by Don B. Wilmeth and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Drama categories.
The second volume of the authoritative, multi-volume Cambridge History of American Theatre, first published in 1999, begins in the post-Civil War period and traces the development of American theatre up to 1945. It covers all aspects of theatre from plays and playwrights, through actors and acting, to theatre groups and directors. Topics examined include vaudeville and popular entertainment, European influences, theatre in and beyond New York, the rise of the Little Theatre movement, changing audiences, modernism, the Federal Theatre movement, scenography, stagecraft, and architecture. Contextualising chapters explore the role of theatre within the context of American social and cultural history, and the role of American theatre in relation to theatre in Europe and beyond. This definitive history of American theatre includes contributions from the following distinguished academics - Thomas Postlewait, John Frick, Tice L. Miller, Ronald Wainscott, Brenda Murphy, Mark Fearnow, Brooks McNamara, Thomas Riis, Daniel J. Watermeier, Mary C. Henderson, and Warren Kliewer.