History Of The American Stage
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Curiosities of the American Stage
| Author | : Laurence Hutton |
| Publisher | : New York Harper 1891. |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 1891 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
Examines and critiques American theater and actors.
A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832
| Author | : William Dunlap |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 473 |
| Release | : 2010-10-01 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0252091035 |
As America passed from a mere venue for English plays into a country with its own nationally regarded playwrights, William Dunlap lived the life of a pioneer on the frontier of the fledgling American theatre, full of adventures, mishaps, and close calls. He adapted and translated plays for the American audience and wrote plays of his own as well, learning how theatres and theatre companies operated from the inside out. Dunlap's masterpiece, A History of American Theatre was the first of its kind, drawing on the author's own experiences. In it, he describes the development of theatre in New York, Philadelphia, and South Carolina as well as Congress's first attempts at theatrical censorship. Never before previously indexed, this edition also includes a new introduction by Tice L. Miller.
America in the Round
| Author | : Donatella Galella |
| Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2019-03-15 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1609386256 |
2020 Barnard Hewitt Award, honorable mention Washington D.C.’s Arena Stage was the first professional regional theatre in the nation’s capital to welcome a racially integrated audience; the first to perform behind the Iron Curtain; and the first to win the Tony Award for best regional theatre. This behind-the-scenes look at one of the leading theatres in the United States shows how key financial and artistic decisions were made, using a range of archival materials such as letters and photographs as well as interviews with artists and administrators. Close-ups of major productions from The Great White Hope to Oklahoma! illustrate how Arena Stage navigated cultural trends. More than a chronicle, America in the Round is a critical history that reveals how far the theatre could go with its budget and racially liberal politics, and how Arena both disputed and duplicated systems of power. With an innovative “in the round” approach, the narrative simulates sitting in different parts of the arena space to see the theatre through different lenses—economics, racial dynamics, and American identity.
America on Stage
| Author | : Stanley Richards |
| Publisher | : Doubleday Books |
| Total Pages | : 976 |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : |
Acting Jewish
| Author | : Henry Bial |
| Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9780472069088 |
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Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage
| Author | : Helene P. Foley |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2014-06-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0520283872 |
This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. Despite the gap separating the world of classical Greece from our own, Greek tragedy has provided a fertile source for some of the most innovative American theater. Helene P. Foley shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies—over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Although Greek tragedy was often initially embraced for its melodramatic possibilities, by the twentieth century it became a vehicle not only for major developments in the history of American theater and dance but also for exploring critical tensions in American cultural and political life. Drawing on a wide range of sources—archival, video, interviews, and reviews—Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage provides the most comprehensive treatment of the subject available.
London in a Box
| Author | : Odai Johnson |
| Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2017-05-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1609384946 |
2017 Theatre Library Association Freedley Award Finalist In this remarkable feat of historical research, Odai Johnson pieces together the surviving fragments of the story of the first professional theatre troupe based in the British North American colonies. In doing so, he tells the story of how colonial elites came to decide they would no longer style themselves British gentlemen, but instead American citizens. London in a Box chronicles the enterprise of David Douglass, founder and manager of the American Theatre, from the 1750s to the climactic 1770s. How he built this network of patrons and theatres and how it all went up in flames as the revolution began is the subject of this witty history. A treat for anyone interested in the world of the American Revolution and an important study for historians of the period.
