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Eight Women of the American Stage
Author | : Roy Harris |
Publisher | : Heinemann Drama |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
A highly readable, informative book about the professional lives of some of the foremost actresses working in theatre and film today.
Acting Jewish
Author | : Henry Bial |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780472069088 |
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The American Stage
Author | : Ron Engle |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1993-05-06 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521412384 |
This book focuses on the economic and social forces which shaped American theatre throughout its history. Alone or as a collection, these essays, written by leading theatre historians and critics of the American theatre, will stimulate discussions concerning the traditionally held views of America's theatrical heritage.
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.
Uncle Tom's Cabin on the American Stage and Screen
Author | : John W. Frick |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2016-04-30 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1137566450 |
No play in the history of the American Stage has been as ubiquitous and as widely viewed as Uncle Tom's Cabin . This book traces the major dramatizations of Stowe's classic from its inception in 1852 through modern versions on film. Frick introduce the reader to the artists who created the plays and productions that created theatre history.
Censorship of the American Theatre in the Twentieth Century
Author | : John H. Houchin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2003-06-26 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521818193 |
John Houchin explores the impact of censorship in twentieth-century American theatre. He argues that theatrical censorship coincides with significant challenges to religious, political and cultural traditions. Along with the well-known instance of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s, other almost equally influential events shaped the course of the American stage during the century. The book is arranged in chronological order. It provides a summary of censorship in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America and then analyses key political and theatrical events between 1900 and 2000. These include a discussion of the 1913 riot after the Abbey Theatre touring produdtion of Playboy of the Western World; protests against Clifford Odet's Waiting for Lefty, performed by militant workers during the Depression; and reactions to the recent play Angels in America.
Dramaturgy in American Theater
Author | : Susan Jonas |
Publisher | : Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 622 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
This comprehensive work is truly the first textbook in the field of dramaturgy. Most of the material-much of it by leaders in all areas of the theater-was commissioned for this collection, rather than being reprinted. Its currency and importance cannot be overestimated. A review of the history of dramaturgy as a profession, together with its European antecedents, gives students a sense of historical context. Selections from respected and recognized names in theater provoke student interest and communicate the benefits of those experts' experiences.