The Cambridge History of American Theatre: Volume 2, 1870-1945: Post-civil War to 1945 v.2 - Cambridge History of American Theatre by Don B. Wilmeth Details
The second volume of the Cambridge History of American Theater, first published in 1999, begins in the post-civil war period and traces the evolution of American theater until 1945. It…
The second volume of the Cambridge History of American Theater, first published in 1999, begins in the post-civil war period and traces the evolution of American theater until 1945. It covers all aspects of the theater from plays and playwrights, through actors and acting, to Theater groups and directors.
Topics examined include voodoo and popular entertainment, European influences, theater in New York and beyond, the rise of the small theater movement, changing the audience, modernity, federal theater movement, cinematography, stage, and architecture. Context-based chapters explore the role of theater in the context of American social and cultural history, and the role of American theater in theater in Europe and beyond.
This final date of the American theater includes contributions from the following eminent academics - Thomas Postloit, John Frick, Tess L. Miller, Ronald Winscott, Brenda Murphy, Mark Verno, Brooks McNamara, Thomas Reese, Watermere, Mary C.
Henderson, and Warren Keller.
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