Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama – serie
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The Revisionist Stage
American Directors Reinvent the Classics
Av Amy S. Green, Don B. Wilmeth
Häftad, 2006
619 kr
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This book explores the vision and talents of a controversial group of artists who, depending on one's perspective, either revitalised or disfigured the standard dramatic repertoire by adapting canonical dramas for the contemporary American stage. First setting out comprehensive overviews of the …
American Drama
The Bastard Art
Av Susan Harris Smith, Don B. Wilmeth
Häftad, 2006
720 kr
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In this book, Susan Harris Smith looks at the many often conflicting cultural and academic reasons for the neglect and dismissal of American drama as a legitimate literary form. Covering a wide range of topics such as theatrical performance, the rise of nationalist feeling, the creation of academic …
Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860
Av Rosemarie K. Bank, Don B. Wilmeth
Häftad, 2007
1005 kr
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Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860 examines how Americans staged their cultures in the decades before the Civil War, and advances the idea that cultures are performances which take place both inside and outside of playhouses. Americans imaginatively expanded conventional ideas of performance as …
The American Stage and the Great Depression
A Cultural History of the Grotesque
Av Mark Fearnow, Don B. Wilmeth
Häftad, 2007
619 kr
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This book proposes a correlation between the divided 'mind' of America during the Depression and popular stage works of the era. Theatre works such as Jack Kirkland's comic-horrific adaptation of Tobacco Road, Olsen and Johnson's 'scream-lined revue', Hellzapoppin, and successful plays by Robert E. …
The Theatre in America during the Revolution
Av Jared Brown, Don B. Wilmeth
Häftad, 2007
619 kr
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This is a comprehensive attempt to assemble all that is known of theatre at the time of America's political birth. Because many plays performed during the Revolution were overrun with partisan politics, they were not always aesthetically enticing; yet this was one of the only historical eras in …
Performing the American Frontier, 1870-1906
Av Roger A. Hall, Don B. Wilmeth
Häftad, 2006
705 kr
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Performing the American Frontier, 1870-1906 examines how the American frontier was presented in theatrical productions during the critical period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of cinema. In chronological fashion, the book explores the post-Civil War resurgence of interest in drama …
Early American Theatre from the Revolution to Thomas Jefferson
Into the Hands of the People
Häftad, 2007
687 kr
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Theatre has often served as a touchstone for moments of political change or national definition and as a way of exploring cultural and ethnic identity. In this 2003 book, Heather Nathans examines the growth and influence of the theatre in the development of the young American Republic, from the …
The New York Concert Saloon
The Devil's Own Nights
Häftad, 2007
586 kr
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In this book Brooks McNamara explores the world of the concert saloon in New York from the Civil War to the early years of the twentieth century. A concert saloon is defined as an establishment offering various kinds of entertainment, including alcohol, with some also providing gambling and …
Theatre, Society and the Nation
Staging American Identities
Av S. E. Wilmer
Häftad, 2008
687 kr
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Theatre has often served as a touchstone for moments of political change or national definition and as a way of exploring cultural and ethnic identity. In this book Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history and examines how the theatre, in formal and informal settings, …
Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic
Häftad, 2008
938 kr
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Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic investigates the way in which theatre both reflects and shapes the question of identity in post-revolutionary American culture. In this 2005 book Richards examines a variety of phenomena connected to the stage, including closet Revolutionary …
Theatre, Culture and Temperance Reform in Nineteenth-Century America
Häftad, 2008
586 kr
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Nineteenth-century America witnessed a full-blown campaign against alcohol and, for most of the century, temperance reform was a national cause. As an integral part of the various temperance movements, a new form of theatrical literature and performance developed, both professional and amateur, to …
The Federal Theatre Project
A Case Study
Häftad, 2009
586 kr
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Drawing upon archival resources, official correspondence and personal interviews, this 2003 book provides a detailed examination of the operations of the US Federal Theatre Project in the decade of the 1930s. From the colourful bus tours through the Civilian Conservation Corps camps to the …
Sisters in Sin
Brothel Drama in America, 1900-1920
Häftad, 2009
574 kr
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The prostitute, and her sister in sin - the so-called 'fallen' woman - were veritable obsessions of American Progressive Era culture. Their cumulative presence, in scores of controversial theatrical productions, demonstrates the repeated obsession with the prostitute figure in both highbrow and …
Censorship of the American Theatre in the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2009
737 kr
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John Houchin explores the impact of censorship in twentieth-century American theatre, arguing that theatrical censorship coincided with significant challenges to religious, political and cultural systems. The study provides a summary of theatre censorship in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries …
Expressionism and Modernism in the American Theatre
Bodies, Voices, Words
Häftad, 2009
737 kr
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Although often dismissed as a minor offshoot of the better-known German movement, expressionism on the American stage represents a critical phase in the development of American dramatic modernism. Situating expressionism within the context of early twentieth-century American culture, Walker …
The Provincetown Players and the Culture of Modernity
Häftad, 2009
586 kr
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The Provincetown Players was a major cultural institution in Greenwich Village from 1916 to 1922, when American Modernism was conceived and developed. This study considers the group's vital role, and its wider significance in twentieth-century American culture. Describing the varied and often …
Remaking American Theater
Charles Mee, Anne Bogart and the SITI Company
Häftad, 2010
720 kr
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An account of contemporary theater practice in its most collaborative and dynamic form, this 2006 book was the first book-length study of two of the most important American theater artists at the start of the twenty-first century. For twenty-five years, Mee and Bogart have pursued independent but …
African American Theatre
An Historical and Critical Analysis
Av Samuel A. Hay, Don B. Wilmeth
Häftad, 1994
778 kr
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The book traces the history of African American theatre from its beginnings to the present. It analyses the types of plays written for this theatre, identifies the perennial problems faced by theatre artists and producing companies, and makes bold, innovative proposals for the theatre's healthy …
The Theatre in America during the Revolution
Av Jared Brown
Inbunden, 1995
901 kr
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This is a comprehensive attempt to assemble all that is known of theatre at the time of America's political birth. Because many plays performed during the Revolution were overrun with partisan politics, they were not always aesthetically enticing; yet this was one of the only historical eras in …
Demons of Disorder
Early Blackface Minstrels and their World
Av Dale Cockrell, Don B. Wilmeth
Inbunden, 1997
1641 kr
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Carnival, charivari, mumming plays, peasant festivals, and even early versions of the Santa Claus myth - all of these forms of entertainment influenced and shaped blackface minstrelsy in the first half of the nineteenth century. In his fascinating study Demons of Disorder, musicologist Dale …
The American Stage and the Great Depression
A Cultural History of the Grotesque
Av Mark Fearnow, Don B. Wilmeth
Inbunden, 1997
1575 kr
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This book proposes a correlation between the divided 'mind' of America during the Depression and popular stage works of the era. Theatre works such as Jack Kirkland's comic-horrific adaptation of Tobacco Road, Olsen and Johnson's 'scream-lined revue', Hellzapoppin, and successful plays by Robert E. …
Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860
Av Rosemarie K. Bank, Don B. Wilmeth
Inbunden, 1997
1928 kr
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Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860 examines how Americans staged their cultures in the decades before the Civil War, and advances the idea that cultures are performances which take place both inside and outside of playhouses. Americans imaginatively expanded conventional ideas of performance as …
Demons of Disorder
Early Blackface Minstrels and their World
Häftad, 1997
586 kr
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Carnival, charivari, mumming plays, peasant festivals, and even early versions of the Santa Claus myth - all of these forms of entertainment influenced and shaped blackface minstrelsy in the first half of the nineteenth century. In his fascinating study Demons of Disorder, musicologist Dale …
The Theatre of Sam Shepard
States of Crisis
Häftad, 1998
737 kr
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This comprehensive analysis traces Sam Shepard's career from his experimental one-act plays of the 1960s to the 1994 play Simpatico. Curse of the Starving Class, Buried Child, True West, Fool for Love and A Lie of the Mind are all examined in depth. Concentrating on his playwriting, this book …
John Barrymore, Shakespearean Actor
Av Michael A. Morrison, Don B. Wilmeth
Inbunden, 1997
1861 kr
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John Barrymore's Richard III and Hamlet, first seen in New York during the 1919-20 and 1922-3 seasons, stand as high-water marks of twentieth-century Shakespearean interpretation. Many of the conventions of modern practice can be traced to Barrymore's performances: he was the first actor to bring …
David Mamet and American Macho
Inbunden, 2012
1710 kr
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Why did Americans reject the British gentleman as their dominant model of masculinity? Why is a boy's relationship to his mother a crucial factor in shaping his masculinity? What and how do boys learn about what it means to be a man? Holmberg demonstrates how David Mamet's plays provide insights …
A History of African American Theatre
Av Errol G. Hill, James V. Hatch m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
938 kr
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This is the first definitive history of African-American theatre. The text embraces a wide geography investigating companies from coast to coast as well as the anglophone Caribbean and African-American companies touring Europe, Australia, and Africa. This history represents a catholicity of styles …
John Barrymore, Shakespearean Actor
Av Michael A. Morrison, Don B. Wilmeth
Häftad, 1999
687 kr
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John Barrymore's Richard III and Hamlet, first seen in New York during the 1919-20 and 1922-3 seasons, stand as high-water marks of twentieth-century Shakespearean interpretation. Many of the conventions of modern practice can be traced to Barrymore's performances: he was the first actor to bring …
Congressional Theatre
Dramatizing McCarthyism on Stage, Film, and Television
Inbunden, 1999
1828 kr
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Congressional Theatre is the first book to identify and examine the significant body of plays, films, and teleplays that responded to the actions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the 'show business hearings' it held between 1947 and 1960. Brenda Murphy discusses the …
Chicano Drama
Performance, Society and Myth
Av Jorge Huerta, Don B. Wilmeth
Inbunden, 2000
1966 kr
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This book, first published in 2000, was the first since Jorge Huerta's earlier study Chicano Theater: Themes and Forms to explore the diversity and energy of Chicano theatre. Huerta takes as his starting point 1979, the year Luis Valdez's play, Zoot Suit, was produced on Broadway. Huerta looks at …
