A History Of The Theatre In America From Its Beginnnings To The Present Time Vol 2
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Author | : Miles P. Grier |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2023-12-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0813950384 |
In Inkface, Miles P. Grier traces productions of Shakespeare's Othello from seventeenth-century London to the Metropolitan Opera in twenty-first-century New York. Grier shows how the painted stage Moor and the wife whom he theatrically stains became necessary types, reduced to objects of interpretation for a presumed white male audience. In an era of booming print production, popular urban theater, and increasing rates of literacy, the metaphor of Black skin as a readable, transferable ink became essential to a fraternity of literate white men who, by treating an elastic category of marked people as reading material, were able to assert authority over interpretation and, by extension, over the state, the family, and commerce. Inkface examines that fraternity’s reading of the world as well as the ways in which those excluded attempted to counteract it.
Author | : Frederick William Dame |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2014-09-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3735746276 |
Volume II of America's Indomitable Character has information on: A synopsis of Volume I. A preview concerning the content of Volume II with the sub-themes of Nature, human nature, society, the social contract, and education and how they weave into American character identity. American character identity and its Colonial connection to the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The historical personage Michel Guillaume (J. Hector St. John) de Crèvecoeur, a French, British, American Colonial citizen, and the America farmer par excellence who posed the famous question: What is an American? Benjamin Franklin's contributions to the developing American character identity. Thomas Paine's revolutionary views on American character identity. Thomas Jefferson's philosophical contributions to American character identity. John Dickinson, America's soldier and founding father. Hugh Henry Brackenridge, American publisher and author who educated Colonial Americans in politics. The literary group the Connecticut Wits who were both for and against America's independent development. The role of Colonial Religion and early attitudes concerning the American Colonial Theater as they relate to American character identity. The American dramatist and jurist Royall Tyler and his play The Contrast (A Comedy in Five Acts) in which the newly developing American consciousness of independence, including female independence, vis-à-vis English foppery and buffoonery are presented. Further, the use of the Native American's chanson du mort, in this case the Song of Alknomook and the dramaturgical presentation of Yankee Doodle are of utmost importance in understanding The Contrast and how they interplay with American character identity. The Albany Plan of Union. The Declaration of Independence written by the Founding Fathers. The Articles of Confederation (and Perpetual Union). A chronology of theatrical events between 1600 and 1800.
Author | : Lois Brown |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0807831662 |
Born into an educated free black family in Portland, Maine, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) was a pioneering playwright, journalist, novelist, feminist, and public intellectual, best known for her 1900 novel Contending Forces: A Romance of Negro
Author | : Norman Foerster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Myron Matlaw |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781557834645 |
(Applause Books). Seven hits that have been the staples of the American dramatic repertoire. Myron Matlaw's introduction provides a splendid survey of the development of American drama. Individual prefaces focus each work in the perspective of its historical context.
Author | : Nathan Hurwitz |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2024-12-24 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1040230849 |
From the diverse proto-musicals of the mid-1800s, through the revues of the 1920s, the ‘true musicals’ of the 1940s, the politicization of the 1960s, the ‘mega-musicals’ of the 1980s, and the explosive jukebox musicals of the 2010s and ’20s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors. This new edition has been brought up to date to include musicals from the last ten years, reflecting on the impact of Covid-19 and the state of the contemporary musical theatre industry. Author Nathan Hurwitz uses these factors to explain the output of each decade in turn, showing how the most popular productions spoke directly to the audiences of the time. He explores the function of musical theatre as commerce, tying each big success to the social and economic realities in which it flourished. This textbook guides students from the earliest spectacles and minstrel shows to contemporary musicals such as Hadestown, Six, and Back to the Future. It traces the trends of this most commercial of art forms from the perspective of its audiences, explaining how staying in touch with writers and producers strove to stay in touch with these changing moods. Each chapter deals with a specific decade, introducing the main players, the key productions, and the major developments in musical theatre during that period. This new edition has been updated to include the 2010s and 2020s, including the impact of Covid-19 on the American Musical Theatre industry, and new features such as end-of-chapter questions for class discussions. Ideal for undergraduate students of Musical Theatre, this is the most comprehensive and accessible guide to the history of the American Musical from the mid-1800s to the present day.
Author | : E. Lingan |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2014-11-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 113744861X |
This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions.
Author | : Barry Witham |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1996-02-23 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521308588 |
Describes the growth and development of theatre in the United States. Documents and commentary are arranged into chapters on business practice, acting, theatre buildings, drama, design, and audience behavior.
Author | : W. H. A. Williams |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Irish |
ISBN | : 9780252065514 |
The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citizens. In 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, William H. A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than 700 pieces of sheet music--popular songs from the stage and for the parlor--to show how Americans' opinions of Ireland and the Irish went practically from one extreme to the other. Because sheet music was a commercial item it had to be acceptable to the broadest possible song-buying public. "Negotiations" about their image involved Irish songwriters, performers, and pressured groups, on the one hand, and non-Irish writers, publishers, and audiences on the other. Williams ties the contents of song lyrics to the history of the Irish diaspora, suggesting how ethnic stereotypes are created and how they evolve within commercial popular culture.
Author | : Felicia Hardison Londré |
Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
Reveals the multicultural dimension of the history of North American theater, covering Mexican, Native US, Caribbean, and Canadian theater as well as US theater history. Coverage encompasses major theatrical developments, events, and influential figures, with sections on pre- Columbian performance, New Spain, the American colonies, New France, national stages, and the periods 1825-1870, 1870-1900, 1900-1945, and 1945 to the present. Includes some 300 bandw photos and illustrations. For students and general readers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR