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Decades of Modern American Drama
Playwriting from the 1930s to 2009
Decades of Modern American Drama
Playwriting from the 1930s to 2009
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The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other material that throws light on the period.
Lead volume authors include: Anne Fletcher (1930s); Felicia Hardison Londré (1940s); Susan C. W. Abbotson (1950s); Mike Sell (1960s); Michael Vanden Heuvel (1970s); Sandra G. Shannon (1980s); Cheryl Black and Sharon Friedman (1990s), and Julia Listengarten and Cindy Rosenthal (2000-2009).
Table of Contents
Clifford Odets, by Dr. Christopher J. Herr; Lillian Hellman, by Anne Fletcher; Langston Hughes, by Adrienne Macki Braconi; Gertrude Stein, by Laura Schultz
Volume 2: Playwriting in the 1940s, by Felicia Hardison Londré, (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA)
Eugene O'Neill, by Zander Brietzke; Tennessee Williams, by Thomas Keith; Arthur Miller by Valleri Robinson; Thornton Wilder, by Felicia Hardison Londré
Volume 3: Playwriting in the 1950s, by Susan C. W. Abbotson (Rhode Island College, Providence, USA)
William Inge, by Susan C. W. Abbotson; Stephen Sondheim, by Stuart Hecht; Alice Childress, by Soyica Diggs-Colbert; Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee, by Alan Woods
Volume 4: Playwriting in the 1960s, by Mike Sell (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Edward Albee, by Helen Shaw; Amiri Baraka, by Susan Stone-Lawrence; Adrienne Kennedy, by Lenora Inez Brown; Jean-Claude Van Itallie, by Timothy Youker
Volume 5: Playwriting in the 1970s, by Michael Vanden Heuvel (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
David Rabe, by Jon Dietrick; Sam Shepard by Mike Vanden Heuvel; Ntozake Shange by Neal A. Lester; Richard Foreman by Geoffrey King and Craig Werner
Volume 6: Playwriting in the 1980s, by Sandra G. Shannon (Howard University, Washington, USA)
David Mamet, by Nelson Pressley; David Henry Hwang, by William C. Boles; Maria Irene Fornes, by Gwendolyn Alker; August Wilson, by Sandra Shannon
Volume 7: Playwriting in the 1990s, by Cheryl Black (University of Missouri, Columbia, USA) and Sharon Friedman (Gallatin School, New York University, USA)
Tony Kushner, by James Fisher; Paula Vogel, by Joanna Mansbridge; Suzan-Lori Parks, by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. ; Terrence McNally, by John M. Clum
Volume 8: Playwriting 2000-2009, by Julia Listengarten (University of Central Florida, USA) and Cindy Rosenthal (Hofstra University, New York, USA)
Charles Mee, by Scott T. Cummings; Lynn Nottage, by Cindy Rosenthal; Theresa Rebeck, by Dorothy Chansky; Sarah Ruhl, by Wendy Arons
Product details
| Published | 11 Jan 2018 |
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| Format | Pack |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN | 9781472572646 |
| Imprint | Methuen Drama |
| Dimensions | 216 x 138 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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