| Description |
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. 1900-1940 -- 2. Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee -- 3. Beyond Broadway. |
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Vol 1: 1900-1940 -- Provincetown: the birth of the twentieth-century American drama -- Eugene O'Neill -- The theatre guild and its playwrights -- The group theatre and Clifford Odets -- Left-wing theatre -- The federal theatre and the living newspaper -- Black drama -- Thornton Wilder -- Lillian Hellman -- Vol 2: Williams/ Miller/ Albee -- Tennessee Williams -- Arthur Miller -- Edward Albee -- Vol 3: Beyond Broadway -- Part I: Beyond Broadway -- Zen, happenings, Artaud, Grotowski -- Part II: Performance theatre -- The living theatre -- The open theatre -- The performance group -- Part III: The theatre of images: art, theatre and the real -- Robert Wilson -- Richard Foreman -- Lee Breuer -- Part IV: The playwright -- Sam Shepard -- David Mamet -- Part V: The theatre of commitment -- The San Francisco Mime Troupe -- Bread and puppet -- El teatro campesino -- American Indian theatre -- Black theatre -- Gay theatre -- Women's theatre. |
| Subject |
American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Albee, Edward, 1928- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| ISBN |
0521242274 v. 1 |
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0521271169 paperback v. 1 |
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