Fifty Years of American Drama, 1900-1950. Alan S. Downer,...
Author : Alan S. Downer
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Page : 174 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 1951
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Author : Alan S. Downer
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Page : 174 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 1951
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Author : Alan Seymour Downer
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Page : 176 pages
File Size : 14,84 MB
Release : 1951
Category : American drama
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Author : Alan S. Downer
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Page : pages
File Size : 49,56 MB
Release : 1951
Category : American drama
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Author : Alan S. Downer
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Page : pages
File Size : 10,75 MB
Release : 1951
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Author : Gerald M. Berkowitz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 131790172X
In this book Professor Berkowitz studies the diversity of American drama from the stylistic, experimental plays of O'Neill, through verse, tragedy and community theatre, to the theatre of the 1990s. The discussions range through dramatists, plays, genres and themes, with full supporting appendix material. It also examines major dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Sam Shephard, Tennessee Williams and August Wilson and covers not only the Broadway scene but also off Broadway movements and fringe theatres and such subjects as women's and African-American drama.
Author : Alan Seymour Downer
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Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,15 MB
Release : 1951
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Author : Charles S. Watson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 21,79 MB
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 081318889X
Mention southern drama at a cocktail party or in an American literature survey, and you may hear cries for "Stella!" or laments for "gentleman callers." Yet southern drama depends on much more than a menagerie of highly strung spinsters and steel magnolias. Charles Watson explores this field from its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century roots through the southern Literary Renaissance and Tennessee Williams's triumphs to the plays of Horton Foote, winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize. Such well known modern figures as Lillian Hellman and DuBose Heyward earn fresh looks, as does Tennessee Williams's changing depiction of the South—from sensitive analysis to outraged indictment—in response to the Civil Rights Movement. Watson links the work of the early Charleston dramatists and of Espy Williams, first modern dramatist of the South, to later twentieth-century drama. Strong heroines in plays of the Confederacy foreshadow the spunk of Tennessee Williams's Amanda Wingfield. Claiming that Beth Henley matches the satirical brilliance of Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor, Watson connects her zany humor to 1840s New Orleans farces. With this work, Watson has at last answered the call for a single-volume, comprehensive history of the South's dramatic literature. With fascinating detail and seasoned perception, he reveals the rich heritage of southern drama.
Author : Alan Downer
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1452911371
Author : Jackson R. Bryer
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 2466 pages
File Size : 29,50 MB
Release : 2015-04-22
Category : American drama
ISBN : 1438140762
Provides a comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the early days of the nation to American classics such as Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Thornton Wilder's Our Town to the groundbreaking works of today's best writers.
Author : Lise-Lone Marker
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1400870267
A pioneer of stage naturalism, David Belasco has come to be universally recognized as one of the first important directors in the history of the American stage. Lise-Lone Marker's book is a full-length stylistic analysis and re-evaluation of his scenic art. Based on a rich body of primary sources, among which are Belasco's promptbooks and papers, the book synthesizes the aims, methods, and techniques inherent in the naturalistic production style that Belasco developed during the six decades of his career. The elements of that style—the magic reality of his stage settings, his innovations in plastic lighting, his directorial method—are also seen in the context of theatrical developments elsewhere. On the basis of this synthesis. Professor Marker reconstructs and analyzes four of Belasco's most important productions, each representative of a distinct phase of his directorial art. Her explorations uncover much new information about Belasco and the American theatre around the turn of the century. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.