The Cambridge History of American Theatre
Title | The Cambridge History of American Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Don B. Wilmeth |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 554 |
Release | 1998-02-28 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521472043 |
The Cambridge History of American Theatre is an authoritative and wide-ranging history of American theatre in all its dimensions, from theatre building to play writing, directors, performers, and designers. Engaging the theatre as a performance art, a cultural institution, and a fact of American social and political life, the History recognizes changing styles of presentation and performance and addresses the economic context that conditions the drama presented. The History approaches its subject with a full awareness of relevant developments in literary criticism, cultural analysis, and performance theory. At the same time, it is designed to be an accessible, challenging narrative. Volume One deals with the colonial inceptions of American theatre through the post-Civil War period: the European antecedents, the New World influences of the French and Spanish colonists, and the development of uniquely American traditions in tandem with the emergence of national identity.
A History of African American Theatre
Title | A History of African American Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Errol G. Hill |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 652 |
Release | 2003-07-17 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521624435 |
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A History of Asian American Theatre
Title | A History of Asian American Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Esther Kim Lee |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 219 |
Release | 2006-10-12 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0521850517 |
This book surveys the history of Asian American theatre from 1965 to 2005.
A History of the American Theatre
Title | A History of the American Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | William Dunlap |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 440 |
Release | 1832 |
Genre | American drama |
ISBN |
A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832
Title | A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832 PDF eBook |
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.
History of the American Theatre
Title | History of the American Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | William Dunlap |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 826 |
Release | 1833 |
Genre | American drama |
ISBN |
The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945
Title | The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945 PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Listengarten |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 489 |
Release | 2021-09-09 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1108570267 |
The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945 provides an overview and analysis of developments in the organization and practices of American theatre. It examines key demographic and geographical shifts American theatre after 1945 experienced in spectatorship, and addresses the economic, social, and political challenges theatre artists have faced across cultural climates and geographical locations. Specifically, it explores artistic communities, collaborative practices, and theatre methodologies across mainstream, regional, and experimental theatre practices, forms, and expressions. As American theatre has embraced diversity in practice and representation, the volume examines the various creative voices, communities, and perspectives that prior to the 1940s was mostly excluded from the theatrical landscape. This diversity has led to changing dramaturgical and theatrical languages that take us in to the twenty-first century. These shifting perspectives and evolving forms of theatrical expressions paved the ground for contemporary American theatrical innovation.