The Cambridge history of American theatre, volume 2, 1870-1945/

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Label

The Cambridge history of American theatre, volume 2, 1870-1945/

Title number

volume 2

Title part

1870-1945/

Statement of responsibility

edited by Don B. Wilmeth, Christopher Bigsby

Contributor

• Bigsby, C. W. E
• Wilmeth, Don B.

Editor

• Wilmeth, Don B.
• Bigsby, C. W. E

Subject

• Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• American drama -- History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

The second volume of the authoritative, multi-volume Cambridge History of American Theatre, first published in 1999, begins in the post-Civil War period and traces the development of American theatre up to 1945. It covers all aspects of theatre from plays and playwrights, through actors and acting, to theatre groups and directors. Topics examined include vaudeville and popular entertainment, European influences, theatre in and beyond New York, the rise of the Little Theatre movement, changing audiences, modernism, the Federal Theatre movement, scenography, stagecraft, and architecture. Contextualising chapters explore the role of theatre within the context of American social and cultural history, and the role of American theatre in relation to theatre in Europe and beyond. This definitive history of American theatre includes contributions from the following distinguished academics - Thomas Postlewait, John Frick, Tice L. Miller, Ronald Wainscott, Brenda Murphy, Mark Fearnow, Brooks McNamara, Thomas Riis, Daniel J. Watermeier, Mary C. Henderson, and Warren Kliewer--

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge History of American Theatre
• Cambridge Histories online