The Cambridge History of American TheatreDon B. Wilmeth, Christopher Bigsby Cambridge University Press, 1998 - 600 หน้า This is an authoritative and wide-ranging history of American theatre in all its dimensions, from theatre building to playwriting, 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 addresses the economic context that conditioned 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. All volumes include an extensive overview and timeline, followed by chapters on specific aspects of theatre. Volume Three examines the development of the theatre after World War II, through the productions of Broadway and beyond and into regional theatre across the country. Contributors also analyze new directions in theatre design, directing, and acting, as well as key plays and playwrights through the 1990s. |
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Introduction | 1 |
PostWorld War II to 1998 | 21 |
1945Present | 87 |
Broadway to the Regions | 163 |
Caricatures of Tennessee Williams Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller page | 165 |
Caricatures of the Shuberts Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh | 187 |
Floor plan and sketch of Margo Jones Theatre 50 Dallas Texas | 230 |
The Guthrie Theater Minneapolis with 1963 production of The Three | 238 |
Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman 1949 | 297 |
Magic Theatres production of Sam Shepards True West 1981 | 351 |
August Wilson and Lloyd Richards 1988 | 390 |
Trinity Reps production of Tony Kushners Angels in America 1996 | 403 |
Musical Theatre Since World War II | 419 |
Finians Rainbow 1947 | 423 |
Directors and Direction | 466 |
Actors and Acting | 490 |
Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver in Split Britches Lust and Comfort 1995 | 264 |
En Garde Arts production of Charles L Mee Jr s The Trojan Women | 275 |
Richard Foremans Rhoda in Potatoland 1974 | 281 |
Part Two Just | 287 |
The Plays and Playwrights | 294 |
American Theatre Design Since 1945 | 514 |
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