The Cambridge History of American Theatre,9780521679855

The Cambridge History of American Theatre

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ISBN13: 9780521679855
ISBN10: 0521679850
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-01-23
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

Volume 3 of this authoritative and wide-ranging history of American theater examines the theater after World War II, through Broadway and beyond, as well as regional theater across the country. Contributors also analyze new directions in theater design, directing, and acting, as well as key plays and playwrights through the 1990s.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations ix
Contributors xi
Preface and acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1(20)
CHRISTOPHER BIGSBY
Timeline: Post-World War II to 1998 21(66)
COMPILED BY DON B. WILMETH WITH JONATHAN CURLEY
1 American Theatre in Context: 1945—Present 87(76)
ARNOLD ARONSON
2 A Changing Theatre: Broadway to the Regions 163(131)
Broadway
163(33)
LAURENCE MASLON
Off- and Off-Off Broadway
196(28)
MEL GUSSOW
Regional/Resident Theatre
224(25)
MARTHA LOMONACO
Alternative Theatre
249(45)
MARVIN CARLSON
3 The Plays and Playwrights 294(125)
Plays and Playwrights: 1945-1970
294(37)
JUNE SCHLUETER
Plays and Playwrights Since 1970
331(88)
MATTHEW ROUDANÉ
4 Musical Theatre Since World War II 419(47)
JOHN DEGEN
5 Directors and Direction 466(24)
SAMUEL L. LEITER
6 Actors and Acting 490(24)
FOSTER HIRSCH
7 American Theatre Design Since 1945 514(20)
RONN SMITH
Bibliography 534(20)
Index 554

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