American Theatre

Author : Don B. Wilmeth,Christopher Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998-02-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521472040

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The Cambridge History of American Theatre by Don B. Wilmeth,Christopher Bigsby Pdf

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.

Author : Jim Volz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781408152324

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Working in American Theatre by Jim Volz Pdf

"I cannot think of a better book for aspiring and working actors, craftspeople, artists, and managers" Kent Thompson, Artistic Director, Denver Center Theatre Company, Past President TCG Board of Directors "It's time for a new look at the complexity and richness of America's growing theatrical landscapre and Jim Volz is just the person to provide that overview" Lesley Schisgall Currier, Managing Director, Marin Shakespeare Company Working in American Theatre is a coast-to-coast overview of the opportunities awaiting theatre practitioners in every discipline. Featuring tips from America's top theatre professionals, this resource offers job-search and career-planning strategies, as well as detailed information on over 1,000 places to work in the American theatre, including regional companies, Broadway and commerical theatre, Shakespeare festivals, touring theatres, university/resident theatres, youth and children's theatres, and outdoor theatres. Offering an overview of the evolution of American theatre and behind-the-scenes stories of the regional movement, this single volume is an indispensable tool at every stage of your career.

Author : Gerald Martin Bordman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Theater
ISBN : 9780195169867

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The Concise Oxford Companion to American Theatre by Gerald Martin Bordman Pdf

Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-02-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780195123470

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American Theatre by Thomas S. Hischak Pdf

Volume Four of the distinguished American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama series offers a thorough, candid, and fascinating look at the theater in New York during the last decades of the twentieth century.

Author : Josephine Lee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000636376

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Milestones in Asian American Theatre by Josephine Lee Pdf

This introduction to Asian American theatre charts ten of the most pivotal moments in the history of the Asian diaspora in the USA and how those moments have been reflected in theatre. Designed for weekly use on Asian American theatre courses, ten chosen milestones move chronologically from the earliest contact between Japan and the West through the impact of the Vietnam War and the resurgent "yellow peril" hysteria of COVID-19. Each chapter emphasizes common questions of how racial identities and relationships are understood in everyday life as well as represented on the theatrical stage and in popular culture. Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas.

Author : Susan Jonas,Geoffrey S. Proehl,Michael Lupu
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019267108

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Dramaturgy in American Theater by Susan Jonas,Geoffrey S. Proehl,Michael Lupu Pdf

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.

Author : Samuel A. Hay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994-03-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521465850

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African American Theatre by Samuel A. Hay Pdf

This book traces the history of African American theatre from its beginnings to the present.

Author : Harvey Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781009359580

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The Cambridge Companion to African American Theatre by Harvey Young Pdf

This new edition provides an expanded, comprehensive history of African American theatre, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Including discussions of slave rebellions on the national stage, African Americans on Broadway, the Harlem Renaissance, African American women dramatists, and the New Negro and Black Arts movements, the Companion also features fresh chapters on significant contemporary developments, such as the influence of the Black Lives Matter movement, the mainstream successes of Black Queer Drama and the evolution of African American Dance Theatre. Leading scholars spotlight the producers, directors, playwrights, and actors who have fashioned a more accurate appearance of Black life on stage, revealing the impact of African American theatre both within the United States and around the world. Addressing recent theatre productions in the context of political and cultural change, it invites readers to reflect on where African American theatre is heading in the twenty-first century.

Author : Yvonne Shafer
Publisher : Universitat de València
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9788437085401

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The Changing American Theatre: Mainstream and Marginal, Past and Present by Yvonne Shafer Pdf

Aquest llibre d'assajos presenta una panoràmica del desenvolupament del teatre nord-americà des de principis del segle XIX fins a l'actualitat. Mostra els canvis que el teatre va reflectir a mesura que creixia el país i es modificava la societat. Amb cada dècada, una expressió més completa de la cultura nord-americana, amb la seva gran varietat, apareixia en obres de teatre, musicals i revistes. Els assajos analitzen els esforços de figures marginals -sobretot dramaturgs i productors no comercials, afro-americans i dones- per dur a terme una ampliació de l'espectre del teatre nord-americà quant a la dramatúrgia, disseny, representació i construcció dramàtica.

Author : William Dunlap
Publisher : London : R. Bentley
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1833
Category : American drama
ISBN : OXFORD:N10575780

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History of the American Theatre by William Dunlap Pdf

Author : Robert J. Andreach
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780761864011

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Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre by Robert J. Andreach Pdf

This book examines plays by contemporary playwrights and compares them alongside the works of Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. Andreach argues that tragedy is not only present in contemporary American theatre, but issues from an expectation fundamental to American culture: the pressure on characters to create themselves.

Author : James F. Wilson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031340130

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Failure, Fascism, and Teachers in American Theatre by James F. Wilson Pdf

This timely and accessible book explores the shifting representations of schoolteachers and professors in plays and performances primarily from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the United States. Examining various historical and recurring types, such as spinsters, schoolmarms, presumed sexual deviants, radicals and communists, fascists, and emasculated men teachers, Wilson shines the spotlight on both well-known and nearly-forgotten plays. The analysis draws on a range of scholars from cultural and gender studies, queer theory, and critical race discourses to consider teacher characters within notable education movements and periods of political upheaval. Richly illustrated, the book will appeal to theatre scholars and general readers as it delves into plays and performances that reflect cultural fears, desires, and fetishistic fantasies associated with educators. In the process, the scrutiny on the array of characters may help illuminate current attacks on real-life teachers while providing meaningful opportunities for intervention in the ongoing education wars.

Author : George O. Seilhamer
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1970-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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History of the American Theatre: Before the Revolution by George O. Seilhamer Pdf

Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1982-07-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521271169

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A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 1, 1900-1940 by C. W. E. Bigsby Pdf

Eugene O'Neill - Clifford Odets - Left-wing theatre - Black drama - Thornton Wilder - Lillian Hellman - Luigi Pirandello - Arthur Miller.

Author : Lloyd Suh
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822239901

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The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh Pdf

Afong Moy is fourteen years old when she’s brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” For the next half-century, she performs for curious white people, showing them how she eats, what she wears, and the highlight of the event: how she walks with bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her very sense of identity. Inspired by the true story of Afong Moy’s life, THE CHINESE LADY is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman.