Author: Daniel C. Blum
Publisher: New York : Greenberg
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An homage to many theatre performers, some dead, some still living at the time of publishing.
Eight Women of the American Stage
Author: Roy Harris
Publisher: Heinemann Drama
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A highly readable, informative book about the professional lives of some of the foremost actresses working in theatre and film today.
Publisher: Heinemann Drama
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A highly readable, informative book about the professional lives of some of the foremost actresses working in theatre and film today.
Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787-1861
Author: Heather S. Nathans
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521870119
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
For almost a hundred years before Uncle Tom's Cabin burst on to the scene in 1852, the American theatre struggled to represent the evils of slavery. Slavery and Sentiment examines how both black and white Americans used the theatre to fight negative stereotypes of African Americans in the United States.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521870119
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
For almost a hundred years before Uncle Tom's Cabin burst on to the scene in 1852, the American theatre struggled to represent the evils of slavery. Slavery and Sentiment examines how both black and white Americans used the theatre to fight negative stereotypes of African Americans in the United States.
John Durang
Author:
Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621968936
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621968936
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Great Stars of the American Stage
Author: Daniel C. Blum
Publisher: New York : Greenberg
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An homage to many theatre performers, some dead, some still living at the time of publishing.
Publisher: New York : Greenberg
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An homage to many theatre performers, some dead, some still living at the time of publishing.
History of the American Stage
Author: Thomas Allston Brown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage
Author: Helene P. Foley
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520283872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520283872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
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.
An American Theatre
Author: Richard Somerset-Ward
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300106483
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This fascinating book traces the entire story of Westport Country Playhouse from its beginnings in the midst of the Depression to its 75th-anniversary renovations and rejuvenation. Filled with colorful characters, it is a story that will appeal to everyone who has ever been enchanted by live theatre.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300106483
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This fascinating book traces the entire story of Westport Country Playhouse from its beginnings in the midst of the Depression to its 75th-anniversary renovations and rejuvenation. Filled with colorful characters, it is a story that will appeal to everyone who has ever been enchanted by live theatre.
Uncle Tom's Cabin on the American Stage and Screen
Author: John W. Frick
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137566450
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137566450
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
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.
Dramaturgy in American Theater
Author: Susan Jonas
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
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.
Reimagining American Theatre
Author: Robert Brustein
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0809080583
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Wide-ranging, discerning essays and reviews in which Mr. Brustein finds that the theatre has been quietly reinventing the nature of its art.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0809080583
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Wide-ranging, discerning essays and reviews in which Mr. Brustein finds that the theatre has been quietly reinventing the nature of its art.