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1 online resource |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Introduction -- Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix; Theatre History, Theatrical Mimesis, and the Myth of the Abydos Passion Play -- Alan Sikes; William Alexander Leidesdorff and the American 1847: Minstrelsy and Race in California Before the Gold Rush -- Andrew Gibb; Antebellum Touring and the Culture of Deception: The Case of Master Diamond -- Nicole Berkin; Performing the Polish-American Patriot: Civic Performance and Hyphenated Identity in World War I Chicago -- Megan E. Geigner; New Paths to Representation |
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Or, How Under the Cherokee Moon Broke the Outdoor Historical Drama Mold -- Heidi L. NeesBook Reviews; Valleri J. Hohman, Russian Culture and Theatrical Performance in America, 1891-1933 -- Reviewed by Sharon Marie Carnicke; Elizabeth A. Osborne, Staging the People: Community and Identity in the Federal Theatre Project -- Reviewed by Johnathan Chambers; Eli Rozik, Comedy: A Critical Introduction -- Reviewed by Miriam Chirico; Jill A. Sullivan, The Politics of the Pantomime: Regional Identity in the Theatre, 1860-1900 -- Reviewed by Meredith Conti |
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Barbara Ozieblo and Noelia Hernando-Real, eds., Performing Gender Violence: Plays by Contemporary American Women Dramatists -- Reviewed by Jerry DickeyRebecca Schneider, Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment -- Reviewed by Julia Fawcett; Alfonso Ceballos Muñoz, Ramón Espejo Romero, and Bernardo Muñoz Martinez, eds., Violence in American Drama: Essays on Its Staging, Meanings and Effects -- Reviewed by Iris Fischer; Stacy Wolf, Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical -- Reviewed by Brett D. Johnson |
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Noelia Hernando-Real, Self and Space in the Theater of Susan Glaspell -- Reviewed by Emeline JouveKeith Garebian, The Making of Cabaret -- Reviewed by Valerie Joyce; Ruth Feldstein, How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement -- Reviewed by Keith Byron Kirk; Helen Smith, There's a Place for Us: The Musical Theatre Works of Leonard Bernstein -- Reviewed by Jenna L. Kubly; Scott Magelssen, Simming: Participatory Theatre and the Making of Meaning -- Reviewed by Martha S. Lomonaco; Susan Bennett, Theatre and Museums -- Reviewed by Scott Magelssen |
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Simon C. Estok, Ecocriticism and Shakespeare: Reading Ecophobia -- Reviewed by Theresa J. MayAlastair Brotchie, Alfred Jarry: A Pataphysical Life -- Reviewed by Lance Mekeel; Elizabeth C. Ramírez and Catherine Casiano, eds., La Voz Latina: Contemporary Plays and Performance Pieces by Latinas -- Reviewed by Beliza Torres Narvaez; Robin Bernstein, Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights -- Reviewed by Tavia Nyong'o; Theresa Robbins Dudeck, Keith Johnstone: A Critical Biography -- Reviewed by Kristen Rogers |
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Rosemary Malague, An Actress Prepares: Women and "the Method" -- Reviewed by Kristen Rogers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 25, 2016) |
| Subject |
Theater -- History.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Theater
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reitz Mullenix, Elizabeth, editor
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| ISBN |
9780817389482 |
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0817389482 |
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